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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (31357)	10/8/2001 11:36:08 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is possible to open a window of insight and simply try to reduce one's footprint in the world. That's enough on an individual level to act in good conscience. You don't have to be an ascetic. You have the information, only you need to use it. You have to remember that, if you have children, or you have nieces and nephews, THEY are also in the equation and that a 10% cheaper gold band from Indonesia may be polluting the rivers there and the seas which feed your future kin. Maybe you don't think about them either. I can't help but think about it. I was out with my friend, his son and two 17 year old friends. They are typical teens - full of energy and testosterone. That's what teen boys are. However, they were practicing throwing rocks and sticks in preparation for killing some small animal around the camp. I told them that, while I was a vegetarian by choice and given the opportunity of plenty I choose not to eat meat. If I was in a survival situation though, I'd rethink that in a nanosecond. Or less. I told them that it was my opinion that if you killed something, you had a duty to eat it. If they killed a squirrel or a blue jay, I'd be cooking it for them. They apparently changed their opinion about the fun of such a random and senseless act. For me, the interaction of the blue jay and squirrel were part of the campground ambience and not something to be brutally beaten to death for sport.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (31357)	10/9/2001 12:07:26 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

Sometimes I think about those things when I come across the problem in person or through a news account. But not when I use or buy the products. If you refrained from buying products made in poor third world countries because of environmental damage and others acted like you then you would be putting people out of their jobs and preventing these countries from developing. When they get richer they will have more concern and money to throw at environmental protection. Tim