Comments on: Compassionate environmentalism

By: Pinon Coffee

Pinon Coffee — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:49:55 +0000

I like #31….

Ahem. Yes, well. As a young conservative, I’m perfectly happy to recycle and eat real (local) food, but often suspect it’s not worth the hidden costs… like the nuisance of dealing with our county recycling people, who are impractical as anyone in the Ivory Tower.

“The Environment” is a lovely responsibility, but makes a bad god. I theorize if we practice living virtuously, practice being properly human, a lot of things will start to straighten out–the Environment and family life and sane government among them.

Now you can all argue what “being human” looks like. When you figure it out, let me know.

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:03:08 +0000

At the very least, we should be able to train spiders to kill on command. Where are the mad scientists when we need them? Gone to global warming, every one.

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By: Night Train

Night Train — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:49:23 +0000

The city went all out to protect a species of cave spiders but scrimped on police protection in poorer sections – and one result was that a deaf woman died in a gang shooting near my home.

To blame this on “radical environmentalism” is ridiculous and outrageous. I’m pretty sure the gang shooting wasn’t a dispute over the extent and causes of global warming.

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:36:21 +0000

#28

Kevin makes a good point. Free enterprise has many strengths. However, there is little profit to be made in serving the greater good. That’s why government exist: to carry out those tasks that are necessary even though they don’t make a profit for some individual or corporate entity.

Government often has many flaws. Nevertheless, the problem doesn’t go away: how to meet needs that are not met by the “invisible hand.”

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By: Kevin N

Kevin N — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:24:26 +0000

Randyg78 (#24) wrote: pumping enormous amounts of money into government programs will do nothing but cripple economies and produce wasteful spending with little or no results.

If you are talking about Kyoto, I’ll have to agree.

However, I view environmental regulation in general as necessary as a restraint on sin. Don’t take clean air and clean water for granted. You would not have them aside from government regulation.

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By: ChrisL

ChrisL — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:47:33 +0000

#17, What happened in Rwanda in 1994, don’t Google it!
I am South African, and view US elections with as much amusement as I would The Muppet Show, but obviously take the Muppets much seriously. Btw, imagine if hillary wins 2 terms, potentially 2 families running your country for 28 years, can you see the irony?
#26 To who? Come stay in Africa or maybe head out to Bangladesh. Ignorance is hurting my ears too.

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By: rdean

rdean — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:50:26 +0000

#9: Even so, global warming will bring so many great benefits.

Please stop, the ignorance is hurting my ears.

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:25:42 +0000

#24 is a well-written message that helps makes the world safer for cliches, stereotypes, and generalizations, though they have never been much in danger.

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By: randyg78

randyg78 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:14:54 +0000

Yes, the earth is in a warming trend. No, scientists have not proven that humans have contributed anything significant to this cycle of warming.

Al Gore’s theory of catastrophic man-induced global warming is falling apart. A judge recently ruled against the crockumentary in response to teachers propagandizing their students with a film that uses scare tactics, false information, and no opposing viewpoints to show how flimsy Mr. Gore’s arguments really are.

Yes, Christians should care for the creation and be good stewards of the environment, but this has nothing to do with global warming. Yes, we should continue to work towards cleaner air and cleaner water and work to conserve forests and wildlife.

But we cannot put the environment before human life.
And pumping enormous amounts of money into government programs will do nothing but cripple economies and produce wasteful spending with little or no results.

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By: Kevin N

Kevin N — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:08:11 +0000

Arrrrrgh. I miss the old “preview” button on WMB. I meant “environmentalists who want to protect swamps” not “environmentalist who want to protect swamps.”

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