FN Thanks for the update on NIMBY. That is exactly how I imagined it. However, you analogy is not quite correct nor reflects my position. A murder may or may not be committed by a knife, even if the knife was used all knives would not be involved.
For the tower to be useful you need mobiles and vice versa. The reason I say to you who are opposed to the tower not just in Saligao, is because if an agitator opposed to a tower on health grounds continues to use a cell phone then he is effected by the NIMBY syndrome. Obviously his cell phone is powered by tower which will cause radiation to someone who lives close to that tower. Therefore if you continue to use a mobile phone while opposing a tower, since there is no safe place to locate it, it is perfect NIMBY thinking. I have no problem with opposition to a concept/road/treatment plant/generating station etc but I do have an issue if the same opponents want the benefits of the concept/road/treatment plant/generating plant etc. That was is the central issue of my monthly column and not to take sides in Saligao. Blaise 2012/4/8 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < [email protected]> > On 8 April 2012 02:30, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I will stand shoulder to shoulder to stop the tower if each of those >> opposed will give up their cell phones. I believe there is no place in Goa >> where you can put a tower with no residences within 500 mts radius. This >> means what the abreu vaddo group is asking for if they do not give up their >> phones is NIMBY. >> I hope you see the point. >> > > Nice argument! > > It's like saying: I too will oppose murder, provided all those against it > first surrender their kitchen-knives. > > As for NIMBY, it can be used to justify just about anything controversial > and disliked by a community. Check out its roots and where it comes from: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY > > NIMBY > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY#mw-head><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY#p-search> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Airport_overhead.jpg> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Airport_overhead.jpg> > An airport <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport> is a typical example of > a development that can cause a NIMBY reaction: developers may claim > economic benefits for the city, while locals may benefit from improved > transport links and new jobs—but they may oppose it with objections to the > noise, pollution and traffic it will generate. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nimby_unfinished_tower.jpg> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nimby_unfinished_tower.jpg> > Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, > D.C.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenleytown,_Washington,_D.C.> that > was later removed as a result of complaints from the local neighborhood > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nimby_Verkehrsberuhigung.jpg> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nimby_Verkehrsberuhigung.jpg> > Motorists requesting less car traffic in their street > > *NIMBY* or *Nimby* is an acronym <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym> for > the phrase "*not in my back yard*". The term (or the derivative*Nimbyism*) > is used pejoratively <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative> to > describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close > to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called *Nimbies*. > The term was coined in 1980 by Emilie Travel Livezey, and was popularized > by British politician Nicholas > Ridley<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Ridley,_Baron_Ridley_of_Liddesdale>, > who was Conservative<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)> > Secretary of State for the > Environment<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment> > .[*citation needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> > *] > > Projects likely to be opposed include but are not limited to tall > buildings, chemical plants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_plant>, > industrial > parks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_park>, military > bases<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_base> > , wind turbines <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine>, desalination > plants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination_plant>, > landfills<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill> > , incinerators <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incinerator>, power > plants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_plant> > , prisons > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison>,[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY#cite_note-mw-0>mobile > telephone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_telephone> network masts, > schools <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School>, nuclear waste > dumps<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_waste_dump> > , landfill <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill> dump sites, youth > hostels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_hostel>, wind > farms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_farm> > , golf courses <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course>, housing > developments <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_development> and > especially transportation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport> improvement > schemes (e.g. new roads <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road>, passenger > and freight railways <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway>, > highways<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway> > ,airports <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport>, > seaports<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaport> > ). > > NIMBY is also used more generally to describe people who advocate some > proposal (for example,austerity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerity> > measures > including budget cuts, tax increases, > downsizing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downsizing>), > but oppose implementing it in a way that would require sacrifice on their > part. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > -- Blaise Costabir Managing Director GMI Zarhak Moulders Pvt ltd website: www.shaktiindia.com Blog: onyourown-implementor.blogspot.com We are switching to our new email id, please note. 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