At 06:24 PM 7/27/01 -0700 Kristin A. Ruhle wrote:
>i feel alienated from "that" america, it is not my america at all and
>sometimes I wish the part of america that votes liberal could secede and
>leave the rural stuff to the conservatives since it is so wildly different
>a culture. I don't like rednecks or fundies or (especially) so-called
>rugged individualists who use freedom as an excuse to act rotten selfish
>and DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT. they are all convinced there won't BE any
>future generations because the world is going to end soon anyway.
>terrifying because they will take the rest of us with them.
Now this is truly odd Kristin, because it seems to me that most pollution
in this country comes from urban areas. Even accounting for the fact
that urban areas are much more densely populated, I am willing to bet that
the average rural person produces much less pollution than the average
urban person. Additionally, I don't know if someone has a list of US
"brownfields", but I bet that almost all are pretty much near urban areas.
Finally, it is the rural people who are often some of the strongest
advocates of open spaces. Indeed, the first conversationists were rural
Americans who saw the environment crumbling around them, and the rapid
decline of "big game" species.
Ever consider, Kristin, that you might have far more in common with rural
Americans than you think?
JDG
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