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Daniel J. Lavigne <taxfree@planeteer.com> wrote:

> Those who practised daily thought prior to the 80�s recognised 
> that human activity had caused a perceptible planetary increase 
> in mean temperatures.

"Mike Asher" <masher@tusc.net> in <01bbd428$6bb49e00$89d0d6cc@masher>
wrote:

Prior to the 80's, eh?  Remember the great global cooling 
scare of the 1970s?

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"We may be approaching the end of a major interglacial 
cycle, with the approach of a full-blown 100,000 year 
ice age a real possibility." - Science, March 1, 1975

Luckily, the hype and furor died down before much real 
damage was done.

taxfree@planeteer.com responds:

I�m not sure that hype and furor cause �damage�; however:

�Possibility Of A New Ice Age� pronouncements were quite 
common until the early 60�s. The trend then changed with 
increasing numbers focussing on new data that hinted 
the opposite was true. Some continued to insist that 
previous data was valid.

If they were/are correct then we still have to deal with 
two threats to mankind�s continuance. 

One being adverse / dangerous natural changes to our 
conditions of life.

The other a planetary mindset that wilfully ignores  
our will and capacity to mass murder each other 
without compunction.

It is entirely possible that Ice Age / Greenhouse concerns, 
whatever the cause, are irrelevant; that eternity simply 
has its way.

It is equally possible that our actions are no more or 
less than that of all animals towards each other.

Either way, our ability to think should be more meaningful 
than to waste it accruing �things� and developing weapons 
to safeguard such possessions from each other.

Perhaps we have no choice, our will to kill may be so 
ingrained that actions such as mine are doomed from 
the start. So be it. 

But I�ll stay the course and continue to promote the 
unassailable right and concurrent and unavoidable duty 
of all to refuse to participate in, or to file tax 
returns or pay taxes to, or otherwise fund or assist 
in any manner, any society participating in plans and 
preparations involving the will and the capacity to 
mass murder millions.

Daniel J. Lavigne
Founder, Co-ordinator
International Humanity House
-- 
�IN MUDDY FIELDS FORGOTTEN�

ABOVE MUDDY FIELDS FORGOTTEN, O�ER FOOLS THROWN THERE ASTREW,
RAPTORS SOAR SO PATIENTLY  FOR SOLDIER MEAT ANEW

THEIR CAW A CERTAIN TEMPO, EYES GLANCING DOWN THE WAIT
FOR BULLETS THROUGH VACANT MINDS AND CARRION FOR THEIR PLATES.

GOD! I PRAY! DAMN SUCH FOOLS! SUCH BRAINLESS, USELESS TWITS!
SEND THEM TO A SPECIAL HELL! WHERE TOGETHER THEY CAN FRIT!

ABOUT THEIR FLAGS AND COLOURS, AND REASONS LONG FORGOT; 
AND WHY THEY DIED SO USELESSLY, THEIR SHROUDED FACES FROUGHT, 

WITH THE PRICE OF THEIR STUPIDITY, 
AND THEIR SOULS SO CHEAPLY BOUGHT.

DO THEY CURSE THAT IGNORANCE, THEIR KNOWLEDGE TOO LATE LEARNED?
AND ACHE AT OUR �REMEMBRANCE�, OF BRAVERY NEVER EARNED?

D.J.L. NOVEMBER 11, 1996