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- From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
- Subject: Re: URGENT: MT. GRAHAM ACTION ALERT!!
- In-Reply-To: Joshua Alan Knauer's message of Sun, 26 Jul 1992 15:30:33 -0400
- Message-ID: <JMC.92Jul26143731@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
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- Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
- References: <keQjpNi00UhWM2SXEc@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 14:37:31
- Lines: 58
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- In article <keQjpNi00UhWM2SXEc@andrew.cmu.edu> Joshua Alan Knauer <jk71+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- On 26-Jul-92 in Re: URGENT: MT. GRAHAM ACTI..
- Lord John McCarthy@SAIL.Stanf speaks for all:
-
- >point - that the environmentalists, just as much as business
- >and government, owe the public impact statements about their
- >proposals that would include negative impacts. For this reason,
-
- These full impact statements are all available through the number
- previously listed.
-
- John- "We" (whoever that is) owe nothing to you. This newsgroup is
- intended for environmentalists that are concerned about the future of
- the earth in the hands of the "let's wait and see" people like you.
-
- I also wonder what the other people on this newsgroup feel. John seems
- to feel that he speaks for the masses, I sincerely hope that not all of
- the people on the net are similar in thought to him.
-
- Josh Knauer
-
- ------------=================----------------
- On 26-Jul-92 in Re: URGENT: MT. GRAHAM ACTI..
- user John McCarthy@SAIL.Stanf writes:
- >He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
-
- He who does only math is bound to speak nonesense.
- ------------=================----------------
-
- Hmm. Josh Knauer says "This newsgroup is
- intended for environmentalists that are concerned about the future of
- the earth in the hands of the "let's wait and see" people like you."
-
- I don't think the history of the postings on the newsgroup suggests
- that it is for people who are "concerned" in the manner Knauer says.
- I don't think any environmentalist has previously suggested
- restrictions on who should post - excepting occasional outbursts
- calling people assholes who dissent from certain orthodox views.
-
- However, I'm open-minded. What are Knauer's and other
- environmentalists' criteria for who may appropriately post to this
- newsgroup and what they may appropriately say?
-
- On the issue I raised, Knauer tells us
-
- These full impact statements are all available through the
- number previously listed.
-
- I must admit I'm surprised. Are there really impact statements
- listing possible negative impacts of what the environmentalists
- propose? I'd be impressed I wonder if Knauer would do us the
- favor of posting one or two of them.
- --
- John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
- *
- He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
-
-