Re: Well

Tom Brosz — 6/5/2002 1:29:46 PM (archived)

"Outward Bound" is a good experience, but probably gets old pretty quick as a lifestyle.

I've enjoyed my share of nature, but speaking as someone who has enjoyed a cup of hot cocoa while watching a blizzard out an insulated picture window, I have never kidded myself about the fact that nature basically wants me dead, and only a lot of damn hard work on the part of my ancestors and myself has given me the luxury of "enjoying" it.

You probably have a broader perspective than most, but I honestly don't think many people realize what life would be like without the civilization that they ignore, like a fish ignores water. Until it is gone.

Given a choice, I would much rather mine minerals off the Moon and asteroids then out of an Appalachian mountain, but if I have to, I'd mine the mountain. Poverty kills more people than pollution ever did.

If someone tries to tell me now that I can't even mine the Moon and asteroids, because their existence as a rock is sacrosanct while my existence is optional, well, I just don't know how to argue with that.

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space enviro-wackies - p - 6/3/2002 4:27:31 PM
- Re: the irony - Raoul - 6/3/2002 6:57:12 PM
  - Re: the irony - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:30:05 PM
  - Re: the irony - gbaikie - 6/3/2002 9:44:33 AM
- Re: space enviro-wackies - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 5:51:04 PM
  - Re: space enviro-wackies - dacman - 6/6/2002 7:16:53 PM
  - There may be a real issue here - alcaray - 6/3/2002 12:44:44 PM
    - You don't really think Armstrong's footprints are still there. - Lee - 6/4/2002 7:34:49 PM
      - I think the blast was just as historical, and that the 'nauts got further from the LEM than that. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:50:59 PM
    - The lessons. - Bowser - 6/4/2002 6:40:12 PM
      - Antarctica - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2002 11:16:46 AM
        
        Well - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:35:29 AM
        
        Re: Well - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:29:46 PM
        
        Feel the power of the dark side Tom. - Lee (Vader) - 6/4/2002 1:15:00 PM
        
        lol and very true. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/4/2002 12:05:33 PM
    - You're pulling my chain, right? - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:23:38 PM
      - amen - R.L. - 6/5/2002 3:15:39 PM
        
        Re: amen - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:40:29 PM
        
        Re: Anti-tech - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 4:30:10 PM
        
        How do you spell the sound you make when you give someone "the raspberrys"? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:43:04 PM
      - not this time - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:47:15 PM
        
        Woops! What's wrong with my "bold" html? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:48:49 PM
        
        Re: Woops! What's wrong with my - Specificity - 6/5/2002 9:27:12 AM
        
        Test n/t (sort of) - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:01:02 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:02:53 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:03:40 AM
        
        You might be adding extra spaces in the codes. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:31:02 PM
        
        You are a genious! n/t - alcaray - 6/6/2002 6:46:24 PM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:04:54 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:06:29 AM
    - Of course there is an issue - FrankC - 6/3/2002 4:00:17 PM
- They are disgusting. Completely. §§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 4:47:15 PM
  - My guess is that they are laying the foundation for an eventual UN Tax on Space development - Scott - 6/3/2002 5:02:35 PM
- If the moon has extremely limited water ice... - pwokenyaw - 6/3/2002 11:21:30 AM

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