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Originally Posted by Halx
daswig, you need a great big hug.
Hey everybody! Dont hug trees! Hug daswig!
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Bad idea. When people come towards me that I don't know, I get nervous. Very very nervous. It's a side effect of being gravely injured during the '89 riots and a few other things.
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My question is why would any human being who is not in a position of power or great wealth (and thus it does not affect them directly to take this stance) be *against* environmentalism?
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It depends on the kind of environmentalism being proposed. I have no problem with sensible environmentalism. You know, things like "please don't dump that 55 gallon drum of mercury into our fresh water supply", or "if you make a mess, clean it up" makes sense to me. The nutjob ELF and Earth Firsters are another matter entirely. Running around burning down condominiums and car dealerships ain't environmentalism, it's just plain old-fashioned nut-jobbery.
There's always going to be some exploitation of the environment. That is a GOOD thing. Without it, we'd all be either dead or living in caves, and I don't care to live in caves.