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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Walkingshadow who wrote (87736)	12/31/2000 5:37:47 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Cancel Red Alert!!! Walkingshadow force fields and fazers off. No problem... I have just had to deal with quite a few folks out there who believe that everything mankind does is "wickedness" perpetrated against nature. And the response I have is that while some choose to do evil, many others choose to do good. And the key operative word is "choose", implying an act of will, as opposed to an inherent trait. For example, I get into arguments with the radical environmentalists who believe every tree is sacred, or that drilling for oil in Alaska permanently destroys nature's pristinity. But I've countered that there is NOTHING that mankind can do that surpasses nature's own ability to destroy herself, even counting a nuclear holocaust. We have only to look at the massive destruction wrought by the asteroid which fell millions of years ago. It wiped out 80% of all life on Earth, to include the dinosaurs. Now tell me anything that we can do to this planet that compares to such "wickedness" on the part of nature... :0) Btw, as I mentioned last week, we had a near miss (astronomically speaking) with an asteroid that was only discovered 3 days before it passed us. It would have left a crater 3/4 of a mile in diameter (far larger than most nuclear weapons in existent), and had it fallen in the ocean, would likely have generated a major Tsunami. Anyone ever seen pictures of Barringer Crater? It was approx 150 feet across and weighed 300,000 tons. It left a crater a mile wide and 570 feet deep. (Pretty awesome sight, btw). barringercrater.com So when judging man's wickedness, or ability to destroy, I tend to have a different standard that I judge ourselves by... <VBG> Spock Out!!