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To: jlallen who wrote (64961)	12/3/1999 4:03:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I assumed you felt that way, and others here, but what I found interesting about Neocon's remark is that he seemed to justify his opinions with some specific instances (regarding third-world peoples, etc.) and extrapolate that to the situation as a whole. The issues with the Gap, for example are domestic... there may be third world labor issues too but they do enough bad stuff right here. You can't dismiss it by saying, "well, in the long run we are helping these poor people in Bangladesh so short term its difficult but its a long term win".

To: jlallen who wrote (64961)	12/3/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Nope. Trees are a renewable resource. But old growth isn't renewable in our lifetimes. And probably not until the human race is extinct. That's an awful long time horizon -- even longer than my investing horizon! <g> I figure I owe it to my children and grandchildren to leave them some parts of this globe untrashed. It's sort of like what we learned in kindergarten: share, don't destroy toys (yeah, as far a kid is concerned they're also a renewable resource, but that doesn't make it okay to trash them), clean up after yourself. Not bad lessons for life.