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

>In article <ggauvrea.744421492@unixg.ubc.ca> ggauvrea@unixg.ubc.ca (Gwethalyn Gauvreau) writes:

>>By the way, I was pretty apathetic until I started to read bc.general.  It
>>was Robert E. Froese's arguments that galvanized me into action.  I am not
>>sure why, I think it was because I became frightened at what his arguments
>>left out.  Anyway, thanks Robert for getting me off my  butt.  I felt so
>>strongly, it led me to experience my first arrest.  I hope you will have the 
>>same effect on many others.
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>Should we call to rename alt.save.the.earth to alt.robert.froese?  :-)

>I have not read any posts where Gwethalyn explained her reasons for
>opposing the Government's Clayoquot decision.  I take no responsibility

I just realized the first time I saw old growth Temperate rainforest.
It was about 15+ years ago. We had come out from Edmonton to visit
some friends in Victoria.  While here we drove up the island to visit
some friends and on the way, we passed thru some old growth.

I don't remember much about it except that I was in absolute awe.
With the huge trees and the moss hanging off the branches like
thick green tinsel.  The only other thing I remember about that
part of the trip was being told that I was looking at a rainforest.

I promised myself that I would return.

I'm not sure where that spot was right now, but I do remember that
it was on a side road, so chances are that it's been logged in the
intervening years.  The thought of all that awsome beauty gone really
does bring tears to my eyes.

I want my children to be able to see some of that awsome beauty.  - more
than the 1KM square in Cathedral grove, and more than the marginal
bog that is preserved in Pacific Park.

What angered me about the Clayoquot is that it was clear from the
maps that the thought behind the decision was appearances rather 
than any environmental necessity. It turns out, as well, that much
of what's "protected", is stuff that is of marginal value to 
logging companies, anyways (being steep slopes, and bog, and
bare rock) -- the scraps. Some of the rest is already logged.

Sigh.. Could we mount a constitutional challenge of this based
on the "good government" clause?
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In Biblical times, Lebanon was known for its great cedars.
What Rome did to Lebanon, we are now doing to BC.