I think the same argument was made when we considered liquor licenses. The sky hasn't fallen. And the same argument could be made for really *any* kind of change.
It feels like people are pretty entrenched in their positions and the discussion has become a forum for ringing up votes for one side or the other. LincolnTalk is valuable, but it shouldn't be the basis for decision-making on town policy (i.e., loudest voices win) IMO. -Bob On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 2:35 PM Gordon Woodington <[email protected]> wrote: > Because not everything that is grey can be undone and when it gets too > dark it is too late. Just the nature of how most of humankind, > governments, groups of people react. It is too hard. > > An individual claims one's personal increment is important and must be > allowed, as many others will do too, and that one's own part was not the > cause of the total negative impact and is absolutely needed. Every year > for more than a century there has been environmental pollution and > resultant damage, but each increment was not the issue, but the sum of > increments is a big disaster. We see so many examples that society/mankind > is not able to "unroll" enough of the increments . > > I expect human nature to be the same on a small scale, here in Lincoln. > Once the damage of an increment becomes "the new normal", memories fade of > what was lost, and it's easier to forge ahead yet another increment, > because " it too has so little impact". So I disagree wholeheartedly with > allowing the proposed incremental changes. > > Because of many real aspects of Nature and human nature, I believe changes > will become irreversible. > > Gordon Woodington > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 10:09 AM Rich Rosenbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't know why people think that changes are irreversible. If something >> isn't working is there a reason that it can't be undone? >> >> How else can you learn what really works and what doesn't? >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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