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Article #22484Re: Sewage Outfall Break
From: Paul Glezen
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 06:39
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 06:39
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In article <28478@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> jlodman@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Michael Lodman) writes: > >Why is that it is seen as perfectly acceptable to dump all this >crap a couple of miles out, but it's a major environmental >catastrophy when it dumps closer in to shore? Out of sight, out >of mind? The brain boggles.... > I thought it was just me; the exact same idea entered my mind as well when I heard about this on the news. At first I was distressed to see all that gunk pouring into the ocean. But then I was surprised to find out that the only thing apparently wrong with all this was a matter of two miles. The issue wasn't pollution in the ocean but rather the inconvenience of a few beach bums. - Paul Glezen
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,b9d893a0e88e1c51 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-09 22:43:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!chaph.usc.edu!news From: glezen@drb-mathsun7.usc.edu (Paul Glezen) Newsgroups: ca.general Subject: Re: Sewage Outfall Break Date: 9 Feb 1992 22:39:54 -0800 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 15 Distribution: sdnet Message-ID: <kpc7hqINN9s2@drb-mathsun7.usc.edu> References: <28478@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: drb-mathsun7.usc.edu