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In ca.politics phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) said: 
 
 
>In article <3oofah$mt6@worm.hooked.net> jimbar@worm.hooked.net (Jim
Barrett)  
>writes: 
>    >I'm not sure that I agree that a "swamp" is a negative land 
>    >use. Swamps support a great deal of life and are an intricate 
>    >part of the overall ecosystem. You are probably correct that... 
> 
>Swamps, and the breeding of malarial mosquitoes therein, have been a major
 
>cause of deaths in recorded history. Swamps were so destructive that the
first  
>thing the Romans did was to drain them -- even before they would build
major  
>roads. 
 
 
 
 
The Roman Empire then fell as we all know. 
 
 
 
 
>Since "negative" is something only a human being can hold (i.e., a value  
>judgement), we have all major civilizations in disagreement with you. 
> 
>On the subject, now that the premise that DDT weakens birds eggs had been 

>disproved, I don't suppose that the Sierra Club will make amends for the  
>2,000,000+ deaths (mostly children) cause by the irrational ban of DDT? 
 
 
 
Please let me know the source of this. It seems to contradict everything I
have ever read about the subject.