Rakshasa?
I'll have to look that up, by the way. Nothing on that in the online dictionary, but I'll keep looking. Is it east Indian, Tibetan or Chinese?
Anyway, good points there. We've certainly stepped away from the world hunger thing, but I think this thread started out far removed from any concern for world hunger to begin with. Nice to see that there are some other views on this.
Hajji, I'm making an assumption that you NetID indicates some familiarity with the Muslim faith. If so, what does the Quran say about this kind of thing?