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- From: kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown)
- Subject: Re: Sacrifice (was Re: Save the Planet ...)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.064329.21172@nuchat.sccsi.com>
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- References: <1992Dec30.180835.26471@vexcel.com> <725783083snx@tillage.DIALix.oz.au>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:43:29 GMT
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- In article <725783083snx@tillage.DIALix.oz.au> gil@tillage.DIALix.oz.au (Gil Hardwick) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec30.180835.26471@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com writes:
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- [...]
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- > > doesn't necessarily accumulate around you. Sometimes, it accumulates
- > > around the next generation. Avoiding that requires sacrifices.
- >
- >Goodness me! Haven't you ever thought of making an *investment* in
- >real, long term economic development instead of crying for sacrifice
- >like some high priest howling for blood.
- >
- >What on earth is the environmental movement over there? Some sort of
- >religious cult, or what? No wonder everyone here just gets the shits
- >with it all and start sniping at personalities instead of getting on
- >with the job.
-
- Gentlemen, I do believe the man has a Clue.
-
- Yes, it *does* seem that much of the environmental movement over here
- is a religious cult. Not all of it, mind you, but much of it. But then,
- it seems that quite a lot over here smacks of religion.
-
- What with the historical roots of the U.S. including people like the
- Puritans, I guess I shouldn't be surprised...
-
- >Gil
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