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:
>
> 
> 
>  because it is falling in BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i actually care!...merle
>   
> 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
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 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.
> > >
> >
>




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