> > Isn't cremation is better for the environment;
> "ashes to ashes"?
> How much carbon is released into the atmosphere from a
> cremation?
Ah, so you got the context, but you missed the irony!~) Unfortunately I don't
know the answer, but I expect it is more energy efficient than cryonics, or to
bury bodies in expensive caskets that are not bio-degradable...
> > I will be delighted to answer your
> > questions when you are able to state them in context...
> The problem is that I am apparently too dense to understand
> your context ("you don't get it, John"). Feel free
> to fill in the context:
> 1) How much property is "way too much"? You said
> that individuals may own any amount of property,
> but that corporations have too much.
> How much is too much? What is to be done about it?
When did I say, "individuals may own ANY amount of property"? I think that
owning 10 houses (like the McCains) is way too much, but one house per family
is about right, but that is only my opinion. My forty acres is in French
Gulch, California and I have kept it pristine and out of the greedy hands of
developers who would love to buy me out and sub-divide it. I will build on it
only after I sell my home in Eureka, California.
> 2) You said that cash returns and efficiency
> is a poor way to allocate resources in a free
> market. How would you allocate resources?
In what context? What kind of cash returns? What was the context I used when
you say I said that cash returns and efficiency is a poor way to allocate
resources in a free market? Just as a guess I would repeat myself that having
money is not a bad thing, but how you got it and spend it are certainly
important. I earn my money by working as a wage slave, live within my means,
and as minimally destructive to the environment as I can.
As for allocating resources, I am a democratic socialist and believe in things
like a living wage, equitable distribution of wealth, limitations on profit
gouging, fair trade, affirmative action, equal opportunity, equal justice, free
education based on merit, etc. I don't believe it is right to exploit labor,
or non-renewable vanishing resources, to increase demand, etc. I would prefer
industry to create jobs in recycling, conservation, single payer health
providers, education that is relevant, affordable housing, healthy food
production, etc. I could go on, but that is feeding into your tactic of asking
questions that have no easy answer. That way you put your opponent on the
defensive and avoid having to provide your own answers how to allocate
resources, etc.
Jon
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