On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, my prejudice is to be pessimistic, but the evidence is that we're > still here after all these millennia. I consider this to be extremely weak evidence. It doesn't address the ratio of population to resources, especially biological resources, that we are so busy destroying. > Some of the question's would seem to be: > * if we had slowed growth many years ago, would we have experienced > as many wars, famines, ... > * if we slow growth now (or even shrink) will we avoid wars, > famines, ... These are important, naturally, but the destruction of habitats and species transcends these human-only questions. > BTW, Edward, I appreciate your tolerance of this discussion here--we > seem to be having a fairly nice relaxed discussion. You're welcome. It would be so much better for our country if political discussions could be more relaxed, but I suppose given the stakes (personal power) it is asking too much. Edward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
