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Re: [OT] Re: Acid Rain


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From: ""Grif" w. keith griffith" <kgriffit at wolfenet_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:46 AM
Subject: [OT] Re: Acid Rain


> I would enjoy following some threads containing factual information,
> studies, well thought out counter arguments.  However,,
>
> I'm not at all sure this subject can be discussed from a rational, sort of
> scientific standpoint.  For something that is as important as this may
> be,,, I think the discussion deserves better than the normal religious
> furor that seems to erupt at the first sign of rational thought.
>
> I deal with threatened and endangered species issues on a daily basis,
> emotions run high, lots of personal baggage gets carried along for the
> ride.  The baggage may get the parties to the table,,, but the only time
> I've seen real, positive behavior is when it gets right down to dragging
> out the data and kicking the dickens out of it.  So many times,,, the
> emotional baggage that comes along is a result of bad data,,,
misunderstood
> data,,, lack of data.  And in a lot of cases,,, enough data is available
to
> resolve problems,,, if the engaged parties can just stay focused and not
> dissolve into a puddle of emotional baby starving,  tree cutting, gun
> shooting, God trembling end of days, govermnent/THEY conspiracy sort of
> discussion.
>
> You know who THEY is,,, right?  That'd be the folks that don't agree with
> your current social, religious, political, racial, educational view.
>
> Having said all that,,, being interested in human and natural effects on
> the environment,  I think I'd vote to have the list talk about specific
> fish (mostly killies), and the local environmental conditions affecting
> that specific fish population.
>
 At 05:37 PM 5/31/01 +0500, you wrote:
> >Hi BigJohnW, Doug, Jay-Scott,Jim
> >Maybe we should leave out the politics of it and discuss the actual
> >environment.
>
>
> 'Grif'   N7IVS
>
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
erny>
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