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Article #7053Re: What "takings"? Private property? Ecology
From: Jim Barrett
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00
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In ca.politics phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) said: >In article <3p022s$h2i@tuna.hooked.net> jimbar@tuna.hooked.net (Jim Barrett) >writes: > >In ca.environment phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) said: > > > >>And in reality, there is not that much "integration" in most > >>>ecological systems. > >> > >Systems by definition are integrated... well let me look it > >up in my Webster's dictionary > > > >system noun 1. a combination or arrangement of parts to form > >a whole. 2. an orderly arrangement according to some common > >principles. 3. a collection of rules and principles. 4. a > >plan or method of doing something. 5. a number of bodily > >organs or the body itself, functioning as a unit. > > > >ecology noun 1. the science that deals with the relationship > >betwen living things and their surroundings. > >1. Congratulations. You've found the dictionary! > >2. Bzzzt -- you're still wrong. > >For example, we could kill off ALL the non-human primates in the world. >Wouldn't affect things one damn whit now would it? > I tend to think that it would.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,b7b23e3700f6d4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: jimbar@tuna.hooked.net (Jim Barrett) Subject: Re: What "takings"? Private property? Ecology Date: 1995/05/15 Message-ID: <3p7t74$r71@tuna.hooked.net> X-Deja-AN: 102749959 references: <3o6o2b$4e2@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3o90p5$5pr@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3o9d86$m0q@rational.rational.com> <3olknk$dcs@news.annex.com><3opsqo$98@news.informix.com> organization: hooked newsgroups: ca.environment