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To: thames_sider who wrote (14615)	3/14/2006 9:10:55 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542818

I don't know what the centrist position is, but as far as I know we only have one Earth, and we're all trapped on it together, and we better take the best care of it we can. Will we always know what the best care will be? No. But we better try damn hard to do the best we can- unless of course we have no children and we just don't give a crap about the future of the planet, or we're planning for the rapture to occur right away, so again, why care? In America and elsewhere businesses do not pay the true cost of their activities. They despoil areas of the Earth, and they do it without ever having to pay for it- one of the great inefficiencies of capitalism is that it fails to take account of things like this. Free riding.

To: thames_sider who wrote (14615)	3/14/2006 9:33:04 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542818

Changing topic, what are centrist views on environmental concerns? It seems to me that the environment has turned into an issue totally dominated by the extremes. On one side you have those who would pave over or strip mine the whole earth with no concern for the consequences, including many who don't believe that there are consequences. On the other side you have those who have turned environmentalism into a religion where every blade of grass is sacred, we are doomed my man's greed, and the apocalypse is near. I would consider everything else centrist.