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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:15:15 -0600, William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:47:19 -0500, Robert Kesterson
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Postulate: yams were a weapon; get your neighbours to eat them, when
>>> they get fat and slow kill them and take over their territory.
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>> It's a good thing that attitude isn't practiced as much today. (Or
>> maybe it's a bad thing. Depends on which side of the sugar fence your
>> camp is on. ;-) )
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> It is practised today. Fluorides to make people passive, and so, easy to
> control; wheat to keep people busy with the resultant troubles and
> shorten their lives, prevents wisdom. Chemicals in the food and vaccines
> to cull the population of the ruled tribe.
I was thinking specifically of the fact that Americans are, in large part,
fat and lazy, but nobody has yet militarily conquered the place.
> It's more profitable to rule them than to kill them.
I suspect that's a large part of the reason why.
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Robert Kesterson
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