My ill tempered reaction was directed towards Brigante not the tragedy Angela.
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What an ill-tempered reaction to a great tragedy! > > sgrayatlarge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Common Brigante, > > You must have dozens and dozens of "Another WW11 Holocaust examples" > right? Anything to downplay what happen to Jews. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > "A stark example is the Bengal famine of 1943, during the last > days of > > the British rule in India. The poor who lived in cities > experienced > > rapidly rising incomes, especially in Calcutta, where huge > expenditures > > for the war against Japan caused a boom that quadrupled food > prices. > > The rural poor faced these skyrocketing prices with little > increase in > > income. > > > > Misdirected government policy worsened the division. The British > rulers > > were determined to prevent urban discontent during the war, so the > > government bought food in the villages and sold it, heavily > subsidized, > > in the cities, a move that increased rural food prices even > further. > > Low earners in the villages starved. Two million to three million > > people died in that famine and its aftermath. > > > > (more) > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/opinion/28sen.html > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
