On 22 Apr 2004, at 10:34 pm, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Gautam: this administration's proposed alterations to the Clean Air Act allow increased mercury emissions, yet guidelines for consumption of mercury-containing fish (such as tuna) by pregnant women and young children have already been recently revised downward (I can provide any number of links if you wish).
Do please. Because, quite frankly, I don't believe you. I mean, I'm sure you think you're correct, but the level of dishonesty on issues like this is so total that I don't believe _anything_ put out by any environmental group. Gregg Easterbrook - who's wrong on many things, but does pretty well on environmental issues - pointed this out as well.
http://www.tnr.com/easterbrook.mhtml?pid=1500
It may be the case. But I'd have to see something other than a Greepeace press release to convince me - my attitude towards them echoes Dorothy Parker's famous comment - everything they say is a lie, including and and the.
Kindly do not mistake me for some blindly-obedient Democrat-myrmidon.
Debbi
No, I just notice that you tend to believe things that the environmental radicals do, and I don't believe them. I don't think you're dishonest, I think you trust people who are completely dishonest. Witness your discussion with Dan on nuclear power.
Since the environmental movement has done more harm to the poor of the world than any other such supposedly well-intentioned group, their dogma gets a very visceral reaction from me. When you get down to it, you've got a bunch of people who would rather millions of poor brown people die from malaria than even consider the possibility of using DDT. So I don't trust them, and when they claim - against all evidence - that mercury pollution is going to go up, when every pollutant in the US is decreasing in release quantity - I don't believe them. Their credibility is less than zero.
I agree with you Gautam that environmental issues seem to have been hijacked by groups which seem to also have alternative political agendas. Nevertheless there *are* legitimate environmental issues too. It's a pity the issues have become enmeshed in a partisan political debate when they are really about what's good for everybody.
The hysterical fear of nuclear power, GM crops and such is the big flaw of the Green movement. Maybe they are reactionary :)
And I buy free-range eggs because even chickens deserve a little happiness Maru :)
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