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Re:Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion o... by genwin on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @06:26PM (#4451740)
> Because these people are starving? Is that not a good reason?

Certainly not, if/when it's true that giving the free food causes more people to starve in the long run. Less misery is better than more misery, as sad as any misery is.

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Re:Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion o... by EliRivers on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @06:50PM (#4451889)
By this logic, the humane thing to do now is to create a super-virus that kills all humanity. No more human misery, ever. Thanks for that. :)
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Re:Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion o... by genwin on Thursday August 30, 2012 @01:20PM (#4455673)
No, that would be more misery. The least amount of misery is the fewest deaths.
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