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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Re: save the earth - ridiculous!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.020240.1087@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <C0GDKx.IDu@news.iastate.edu> <1993Jan7.014843.1852@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <7134@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 02:02:40 GMT
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- In article <7134@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk writes:
- >In article <1993Jan7.014843.1852@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino) writes:
- >|> In article <C0GDKx.IDu@news.iastate.edu> sartre@iastate.edu (Michael J. Wendling (515) 294-6186) writes:
- >|> >My rally cry:
- >|> >
- >|> > I like the earth as it was before the industrial revolution.
- >|>
- >|> No, make it:
- >|> I like the earth as it was before the industrial revolution, when people
- >|> lived 20-30 years shorter and had a much lower standard of living.
- >
- >Tino - what is wrong with shorter lives? And what`s wrong with a lower standard
- >of living? Will either of these, really, decrease your happiness or feelings as
- >a human?
- >
- >Michael
-
- This is possibly the stupidest reply I have ever seen on the net.
-
- If we want shorter lives and decreased standards of living, why not just
- rape the planet 'til she's dry?
-
- If you don't mind having a shorter life, please off yourself so that I
- can have your resources.
-
- Tino
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