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Personally, I'm very against having humanity going out into 
space and colonizing other extra-terrestrial bodies without
first learning how to live on this planet. 
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We've made quite a mess out of this habitat and we should 
learn first how to 1) clean it up and 2) keep it that 
way before messing up some other place. 
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We also do a lousy job of keeping people on this planet
fed, clothed and sheltered. Learn to do that here first. 
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Peter L. Berghold  -- Unix Professional&lt;br&gt;
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg&lt;br&gt;
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