Luke
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Jay DeLong wrote:
> "Nuke the whales!"
> "I cook my spotted owl in Exxon oil."
>
> How can anyone justify such terrible statements on:
> 1) turning nuclear weapons on nature
> 2) whale slaughter
> 3) killing and eating an endangered species, and
> 4) the Exxon Valdez oil spill
> by saying the public isn't adequately educated, or by saying government
> regulators and others weren't patient enough. The entire world received
> countless hours of exposure on the Exxon oil spill, probably to an
> unprecedented scale-- blackened Prince William Sound beaches, dying
> shorebirds and sea otters, and more destruction, accompanied by Exxon Corp
> comments that they shouldn't be held responsible, even smugly saying they'd
> pass cleanup costs on to the public-- and people still made such sinister
> comments and displayed them on their vehicles.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
> > Of mcclurg luke e
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:32 AM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: RE: NANFA-- Probability of Dead Stuff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Jay DeLong wrote:
> > >
> > > It's has the same intent as the bumper sticker "Nuke the Whales".
> > > Much of this behavior isn't anti-environment, it's
> > anti-environmentalist.
> > >
> >
> > I think it's not anti-environmentalist as much as it is
> > anti-ecoextremist. Most people have at least SOME respect and love for
> > their environment...they don't however appreciate people sitting back from
> > the gallery and lobbing insults, edicts and other nasty attacks at them
> > for their perceived failures when most of the time those same attackers
> > are riddled with their own hypocrisies. No one will willingly change
> > with a sword (or lawsuit) stuck to their throat. A little patience,
> > education and hands on interaction would go a lot farther than all the
> > edicts coming from many ultra liberal ecoextremists. And all the money
> > wasted in lawsuits could certainly be more wisely spent in education
> > programs so that these types of ignorant bumper stickers and signs would
> > disappear on their own.
> >
> > My opinion...for what it's worth.
> >
> > Luke
>
>
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