Re: B.C. Clearcutting

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From: Stephen Samuel
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1993 09:10

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taganov@unixg.ubc.ca (Robert Edgar Froese) writes:

>In article <23vb6k$hrv@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> besler@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca (Steven Besler) writes:
>_____________
>I believe that the issue is really neither logging or clearcutting, but
>whether man has a right to shape his environment to suit his desires. 
>Logging, and clearcutting as a logging method, is a visually dramatic
>illustration of man doing this shaping.
  One's desires and one's needs are entirely different things.  I desire
to have all the resources I can get my hands on.  What I need, and what's
appropriate are entirely different matters.

>Some day our credit will run out.  
Yes..   We can only do so much damage before things start to happen.
Unfortunately, like credit, there are very few warnings before the
crap REALLY hits the fan.

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Stephen Samuel 		(604)822-9248		samuel@cs.ubc.ca
In Biblical times, Lebanon was known for its great cedars.
What Rome did to Lebanon, we are now doing to BC.

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From: samuel@cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Samuel)
Newsgroups: ubc.general,bc.general,can.general,sci.environment,alt.save.the.earth,alt.philosophy.objectivism
Subject: Re: B.C. Clearcutting
Date: 6 Aug 1993 02:10:03 -0700
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