At 02:37 AM 12/20/03, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snipped most
Regarding DDT: Banning DDT was not a mistake, as a
matter of fact, Mr.
Crichton's** insistance that it was a mistake, and
that DDT is safe, are mistakes on his part...
...so an internet
At 03:52 AM 12/21/2003, you wrote:
At 02:37 AM 12/20/03, Deborah Harrell wrote:
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Yes, it would indeed be nice if someone could find an alternative which
was nearly (90%+?) as effective as DDT at killing the insects which spread
disease to humans while being much safer (10% as toxic?) as DDT,
--- Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Regarding DDT: Banning DDT was not a mistake, as a
matter of fact, Mr.
Crichton's** insistance that it was a mistake, and
that DDT is safe, are mistakes on his part...
...so an internet search of articles with many
sources cited
Doug Pensinger wrote:
In any case I consider my self an environmentalist, but I don't think
we're going to get much accomplished if the fringe groups are able to
make it look like the whole movement is driven by pseudo-science.
This is the crux of the matter, and the sad fact is that even the
At 09:54 PM 12/16/03, Michael Harney wrote:
P.P.S. Never insult me or what I believe unless you are ready to face a
challenge.
It was not meant as an insult to you or what you believe. I feel rather
strongly about this subject, too, but I don't want to unnecessarily upset
anyone or risk
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 09:54 PM 12/16/03, Michael Harney wrote:
P.P.S. Never insult me or what I believe unless you are ready to face a
challenge.
It was not meant as an insult to you or what you believe. I feel rather
strongly about this subject, too, but I
Michael wrote:
No worries, you didn't write it, you just posted it. Nor did you say
where you stand on the topic. It was the people on-list agreeing with
it that
irked me more than the post itself.
Since I'm the only one that said he agreed with anything Crichton wrote,
let me modify my
Large tirade against environmentalism by Michael Crichton snipped. (snipped
to save bandwidth and keep post length down, besides not much of it was
particularly quote-worthy).
Regarding environmentalists being faith-based beliefs: Not here, most of
the environmental beliefs I have is based on
