🚀 go-pugleaf

D. Braun wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, tOrchie wrote:
> 
> > Douglas Bashford wrote:
> > > I no longer think all Libertarians are nature-haters, most of
> > > you are just ignorant about it.  However, now I suspect that
> > > you have a nature-hater (perhaps a "Wise Use" Rich Boy) at the
> > > top.  Your policies are just too anti-environmental and too Rich
> > > Boy loving to be accidental.  I'm reminded of the aphorism:
> > >    Libertarians are just Republicans who smoke dope.
> >
> > I was under the impression that much of the environmental damage
> > that occurs in this country happens on either government-owned
> > or government-managed land.  If I am wrong, please enlighten me
> > with the truth of the matter.
> 
> You are simply confirming Doug's position on Libertarians. A major issue
> on the public lands in the West is the fate of the remaining fragments of
> primary forest (never logged, some of which is old-growth).  Retaining
> these fragments is considered critical to maintaining ecosystem
> functioning that is at all similar to what once existed in the
> resilient, biologically diverse forested ecosystems which were once
> widespread. This is the goal of ecosystem management. These fragments are
> just about gone on private lands, relative to public. The enviros bitch
> about old-growth forest destruction on public lands because that is where
> these forests are left. Just one example.
> 
>                 Dave Braun
> 
> >
> >

I have a question to ask of you environmentalists out there hammering away at the
Libertarians.  Why aren't you shouting just loud about overpopulation here in this
country?  Why aren't you shouting just as loud about the uncontrolled immigration, 
both legal and illegal, here in this country?  Your silence is deafening.  And 
hypocritical.
Rich