On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 02:19:34PM -0700, George wrote: > NO. . . it's not an oil spill, strip mining, hydro-electric dams, or > whaling. Fine. Granted. Good. Then once we have dealt with the drillers, the miners, the dammers, the clear-cutters, the whalers, the dumpers, and all the other people who have more negative impact on the environment in a day then I'll have in a lifetime of paddling/hiking, I'll move to the front of the line (by default) and take my lumps, which may include not visiting some of my favorite places. But until then, your ire is misplaced. You are pointing the finger at a small segment of the population whose activities have minimal impact, who are generally quite environmentally aware, *and* who are often responsible for calling attention to problems (e.g. pollution in the Cheat River Canyon) and dealing with them (e.g. the Ridley Creek cleanup here last Saturday). You *should* be pointing the finger at the Exxons and Weyerhausers of the world -- but they're not so small and easy to pick on, are they? ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 22 1998 - 16:18:55 PDT
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