Oz cops it again, fire!

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Net Llama! wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, stayler wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:49:07 +1000, Keith Antoine wrote:
> >
> > > Greenies are being blamed for stopping of fire hazzard
> > >reduction and clearing of trees.
> > >Mind you people love to build houses nowadays in rural tree filled area
> >
> > The same things are being said in thge US.  I tend to agree, the
> > Greenies are way to intolerant of any ideas on how to manage the land,
> > other than leaving it completely alone.  And we can all see how nature
> > manages itself...
> 
> Nature manages itself just fine.  All of the screwed up weather is
> occuring because of the greenhouse effect, which didn't get started by a
> few bears pooping in the woods.

Depends on your standards for "just fine".  Nature has no problem with
widespread death, or even extinction.  People in general have a different,
less dispassionate view.  Nature's arranged that the entire planet will
be sterilized eventually, but I expect people to complain at least and
perhaps vacate the premises.  And so on....

++ kevin


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