Bert, You wrote:
Remember that horticulturists are free to enhance their products indefinitely with artificial fertilizer containing all minerals required by their products. "Mother Nature" has nothing to do with this construct. She is primarily the product of fuzzy 19th century thinking, when much of the natural world was unknown and the principles of formal scientific logic were vague. Nowadays we rely on the Scientific Method and place our faith on the analysis of experimental data. Mark attempts to bolster his point of view by stating, "...in the end Mother Nature is in charge," followed by an apocalyptic vision of a village buried under a deforested mountainside, and even further, "...a large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico." Such metaphors have little to do with whether carbon dioxide enhanced growth of orchids can be sustained. Are you being passive aggressive towards me? If so, it is better to get the issues out in the open, or e-mail me privately. The following is addressed to "icones" or anyone else who feels I have unjustly caused them harm during my criticism of the recent OSG/IOCC proposal on hybrids. I am definitely feeling blow back from my criticism of the OSG/IOCC proposal to exempt all hybrids from CITES and CITES documentation. While the anger may be justified, it is hard to apologize when the issues aren't actually dealt with directly. People that know me know I have no intentions to harm or hurt anyone. I will admit my mistakes, and I have no problem in apologizing. A lot of actual communications are lost on this forum. Ninety percent or more of normal communication is actually through body language. On all forums, topics get mangled, intent gets lost, and who is being addressed can get confusing. I am offering to reconcile things, and sincerely apologize where appropriate. A story: A long time ago on this forum or its predecessor, I got into a big argument. Now it doesn't matter who was right or wrong in the argument, after, I realized that I had handled it badly and should have handled it better. This person is still active on this forum, and while we have never spoken about it since, I think we have buried the hatchet. He has e-mailed me privately since I have come back on to the forum, and it never came up. I have no malice towards him, and feel no malice from him. I would say he is a moderating force on this forum, and admire him for that. Ever since that argument, I have vowed that if I got into another scrape, I would conduct myself better. Mark Sullivan
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