Merle, I know you care, but what are YOU doing about it besides POSTING A BUNCH OF POSTS IN ALL CAPS?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â because it is falling in BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i actually care!...merle > Â > Merle, > > Why are you running around crying 'the sky is falling', and what do you > propose WE do about it? > > And more to the point, what are YOU doing about it? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Bill!..you are lagging behind..lovely the unspoilt beaches... there are > > very few of those...the unspoilt is being destroyed..you know that!..so why > > are you pretending that all is well?..merle > > > > > > ÃÂ > > Joe, > > > > I never said that I thought everything should just stay as it is. It > > won't. That's all part of impermanence. And...I believe the urge of Merle > > and you and anyone else to 'make things better' is natural too. > > > > What I bristle at is people trying to use labels such as 'unnatural' or > > 'interfering with nature' as a reason to justify their environmental > > (especially if conservationist) agenda. > > > > I look at beaches and see that I like sparsely populated beaches better > > than those littered with condos, but I don't label the condos as > > 'unnatural' nor their developers as 'interfering with nature'. > > > > I just say I like the uncluttered beaches better. They are more pleasing > > to me. Why should I have to say more or try to justify that further? > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Bill!, > > > > > > I know that you are. And I don't disagree. > > > > > > But don't give yourself airs. You're not arguing at all, Bill. > > > > > > You just seem to passively accept them. I'm not sure that that is > > > natural. It seems self-defeating, not Nature's way. > > > > > > We can naturally step in, step up, and do a hell of a lot better for > > > Nature (ourselves). It's only natural that we should want to do so. And > > > we will. Even if you benefit. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Mike and Joe and maybe even Merle, > > > > > > > > I'm not arguing that all these things are not happening. I'm only > > > > arguing that all these things are natural activities. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
