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In article <philDBuLGq.8pz@netcom.com>, phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) wrote:
><SNIP> There is NOTHING outside of our human, subjective values, that makes
> tons of bison shit in the creeks any better or worse than tons of cattle
> shit in the creek.
> 
> A herd of bison shitting in the creek is NO more or NO less "natural" than
> a herd of cattle shitting in the creek.
> 
> So when some eco-luddite gets up and starts talking about how "against
> nature" it is to have all these man-tended cattle shitting in the creek,
> well, he's just full of creek.<SNIP>

Unfortunately, Phil, we'll never know, as we exterminated the great herds
of buffalo (and many other plants and animals) before we could find out
about how that great ecosystem operated. You're making our point for us.

Then he went on to write:
><SNIP> Because there is NO difference.
> 
> A beaver, and a beavers work is no more and no less "natural" than man
> and mans work.<SNIP>
> 
Personally I prefer to embrace a beavers work before I embrace Chernoble,
Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.

-- 
Robert O. Dahl <ottar@indirect.com>
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