From: Lynna Landstreet Area: Mundane To: Hoben Spalding 24 Jun 94 06:24:22 Subject: What if Earth First! han UpdReq HS> > who is tired of philosophising about enviromental issues and, HS> > tired of people wasting their time jumping on ittle things like HS> > whether or not postage stamps use animal based oils instead of HS> > stopping all the wolves from bing killed in Alaska. HS> HS> RP> Postage stamps use animal-based oils? HS> HS> They did... But some loser yuppie tree huggin fiends jumped on the HS> National Postage System and now they use vegitable based oils. HS> That's why the stamps don't stick worth nuthin. HS> My main point is that people waste their time on things that they HS> feel are "safe" instead of puttin their ass on the line for causes HS> that are worth something. Funny you should single out Earth First!, then, since they are known for precisely that. Putting their asses on the line for causes that are worth something, that is -- including the wolves in Alaska. BTW, I moved this response to Mundane because chat-type posts do not belong in Metaphysical -- that echo's only for essays, articles and other magazine-style posts, as the moderator will probably have told you by now. ___ * Freddie 1.2 * I'm heavily armed, easily bored and off my medication. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Lynna Landstreet Area: Mundane To: Mindrimmer 24 Jun 94 06:24:24 Subject: greenhouse UpdReq M> GTP> All right....I'm a terrible person because I believe that M> GTP> humans have a right to live and grow and maybe learn to live M> GTP> in harmony with their environment... M> M> I know I haven't been part of your argument, but I'd like to throw my M> two cents in anyway. M> M> I too believe that humans have a right to live and grow on the M> planet. But I don't believe we have a right to destroy it wantonly, M> as we've been doing for some time now... Thank you for an excellent respsonse. I have no idea what made Gwenny fly off the handle that way, but hopefully your principled and intelligent post will help her to chill out a bit... ___ * Freddie 1.2 * Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718