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POPULATION AND MOTHER TERESA...
...letter you published from Bill Isbister, director of Too Many People...Too Little Earth! [LETTERS, Oct. 6], criticized Mother Teresa and stated that "overpopulation is literally greed personified." I contend that overpopulation is ignorance and poverty personified. These two things do not spell greed. If we can stamp out ignorance and poverty, overpopulation will be eliminated naturally. Mother Teresa is one of the best examples to follow. Who better understood these harsh realities? JOANN D. CURCIO Cos Cob, Conn...
...spend so much time praising the work of so-called humanitarians like Mother Teresa, and refuse to see that there would be no need for their help if human-population growth were in check. When population exceeds resources, the result is hunger, poverty, crime and many other ills. True humanitarianism means reducing births worldwide so that there is enough of everything to go around. JOANNA HATHCOCK Hartford, Ariz...
...watched coverage of the death of Diana with sadness, and although I am not religious, I wept watching the funeral of Mother Teresa. A billboard in Calcutta bore the apt legend: MOTHER, 1910-ETERNITY. I feel that Mother should have been accorded a special commemorative issue of her own, with her wonderful face on the cover. Both were great women, but Mother Teresa was truly a living saint. BONNY LUSTED Cape Town...
...Mother Teresa's love of humanity is eternal. Millions revered her as an incarnation of God. It was disappointing to see that TIME portrayed her within a religious framework, when she was and will remain much above it. MOHAMMAD ISMAT KABIR Brisbane, Australia...