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Let=E2=80=99s not waste energy sniping at each other. =20
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What the Harper government is doing to science in this country should =
scare the hell out of all of us. They are dismantling our early warning =
systems. Whatever happened to =E2=80=9CAn ounce of prevention is worth =
a pound of cure?=E2=80=9D Guess that sort of thinking is no longer =
politically expedient.
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How many of us over-50=E2=80=99s have noticed that the high tides are =
higher than they were when we were kids? Wonder why and wonder where it =
ends. Gee=E2=80=A6 doesn=E2=80=99t it make sense to do whatever is =
affordable to slow that down, especially when the most likely cause of =
sea level rise is widely known? (I know! A lot of people in Alberta =
don=E2=80=99t get it, yet.)
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And as our society becomes increasingly urbanized, those of us still =
living in the sticks are going to have the growing burden of educating =
decision-makers on the realities of rural life and why they need us.
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I=E2=80=99m glad I=E2=80=99m 61 and not 21.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of =
darrell@abolitphotos.ca
Sent: January-11-14 10:09 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] SILENCE OF THE LABS again TONIGHT on CBC =
NewsworldTV
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I was talking of your political agenda David, nothing more. You talk of =
balance, my input was soley for that purpose.=20
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Back to nature please,
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 21:44:22 -0400, David & Alison Webster =
<dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
This thread is a bit off topic but IMHO your evaluation is 100% =
incorrect. How can investigation of our past or studies of current =
marine pollution be construed as socialist babble ? Who, other than the =
Harper government, has been telling the rest of the country how to live =
? [I by the way strongly object to Harper's program of phasing out =
incandescent lighbulbs; an absolute buy my better bulb boondoggle and =
that does in fact boil down to Ottawa telling us how to live. In some =
climates it may make sense. Here it fits like an anvil in a shirt =
pocket.]
And broadcast mudslinging has never solved a difficult problem. =
Selective disbanding of inconvenient science has the effect of =
dismissing truth as being of no consequence.=20
A passage in 1 Esdras (4,12) comes to mind; "Women are strongest but =
truth conquers all."=20
Science is among other things "the handmaiden of industry" and the =
foundation of all science is an objective search for truth, but balance =
in all undertakings is an essential component of eventual success. How =
is balance possible if some questions can not be raised ? Of what value =
will extensive extraction of arctic petrochemicals be if it helps =
trigger a chaotic climatic maelstrom ?=20
Yt, DW
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