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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Its not about being against *enviromentalism* Halx, its about using the enviroment as a political and finianial tool while retarding human progress.
These are the same people who still say we shouldn't thin the forests despite the huge forest fires we have had the last years due to the current un-natural state they are in.
I think I'm safe saying most hunters and fishermen vote republican, and this is a big part of why Kerry is trying so hard to look like a hunter this election. Now do you really think these types of people want to fuck up the enviroment? I love to fish, I hate dirty water, and over use of natural resources. The enviromentalists offer me nothing.
Having spent more time with these people than almost any of you, I can state they see people as the virus on the world and will do anything which keeps people 'away' from nature, no matter what the need.
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Why is the only response to Halx's post and the article I posted a bunch of strawman arguments?
Ustwo, daswig - sure, there are environmentalists who are so passionate that they are blinded in their methods of viewing reality. But the thread was started and followed with very compelling evidence that there are also people who are either so dispassionate about the environment or are so passionate about exploiting the environment that they are causing serious damage. And one of those people (George Bush) happens to not only be in a position to cause much more harm, but does in fact cause much more harm than someone sitting on the BofD of the Sierra Club.
You cannot in any way dismiss the negative impact to the enviroment and the double-talk of George Bush by stating "well, there are environmentalists who go too far and retard progress".