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Sure I'll try to remember to send you a copy. I guess posting something
of that nature was a making a rather feisty entrance. I like
to read differing points of view to expand my horizons. The author,
Reg Morrison, is an Australian photojournalist and an excellent writer.
He uses many example from his homeland. He talks a lot about how
similar we are to our pro-hominid ancestors and our closest relatives the
chimpanzees. That our rational forebrains are
totally overwhelmed by the lower emotional parts in times of stress is
quite true in my experience. Humans will do great harm to people
they see as threat to their own tribe even if the threat is totally imaginary
(think of the witch trials). This extends to the non-human environment
as well. While over all hunter-forager types were more ecological
it was largely because they were few in number and had only simple weapons
and fire with which to modify the environment. Obviously life experience
plays an important role in how we treat each other and the earth.
I have no doubt that my parents liberal social values and the time we spent
enjoying the outdoors laid the basis for my somewhat more radical opinions.
But nasty destructive behavior occurs in all human societies as does altruistic
action. How best to encourage a majority of the human race to a compassionate,
big picture point of view. That's our immediate and urgent challenge. I
know we gotta try but it's hard and day to day life takes up so much energy.
-- Brian
"Terry J. Klokeid" wrote: Greetings, Brian or Betsy, |
Re: [ecopath] Eco-destruction Inevitable?and my sustainabiltyjourney
Brian Bishoff/ Betsy Marshall Sun, 14 Nov 1999 07:15:12 -0800
