Do You Know Why Earth Day is April 22nd?

[gvbcraig]

Thanks for the post and making people aware of the truth.

 

[dom1104]

What facts? I saw lots of assertions and yellow journalism. I trust anything from WND as much as I trust anything from Micheal Moore.

WND is a giant embaressment.

 

[shibumiseeker]

The declaration of all forests, streams, and minerals as property of the state.
Human free "nature preserves".

Do you recognize the parallels between communism and the "green movement"?

Oh, you wanted me to comment on philosophy, not facts.

Do you recognize the difference between a fact and philosophy? Rebutting the philosophies from the article in the WND would require to take it seriously as a source. I don't. Even if I agree in principle with some or all of a philosophy doesn't mean I'm going to give credibility to overblown rhetoric. I don't do it for those on the left and I don't do it for those on the right.

 

[J_Wales]

Oh, you wanted me to comment on philosophy, not facts.

Do you recognize the difference between a fact and philosophy? Rebutting the philosophies from the article in the WND would require to take it seriously as a source. I don't. Even if I agree in principle with some or all of a philosophy doesn't mean I'm going to give credibility to overblown rhetoric. I don't do it for those on the left and I don't do it for those on the right.

Fair enough.

I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on the green movement philosophy that is celebrated each year on Lenin's birthday.

 

[J_Wales]

paul ehich sounds like a guy cast from the same mold as cass sunstein.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Fair enough.

I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on the green movement philosophy that is celebrated each year on Lenin's birthday.

I think it's difficult to find a date anymore that doesn't have some other association that can be twisted to mean anything someone wants.

I don't have a real opinion on the green movement per se. I agree with some of its philosophy and disagree with some of it. As far as Earth Day I see it much like Christmas in that some people celebrate it as a deeply spiritual and philosophical holiday but the vast majority of people who celebrate it do so with only vague notions of the underlying history. I don't think it's a bad thing to have a day to think about the planet, its ecosystem, and how we impact it. I do have a serious issue with the philosophy of control of environmental issues being the exclusive province of the State.

I don't have much use for people who simply knee-jerk waste resources as a childish response to a philosophy they disagree with, just as I don't have any use for people who expend a lot of effort to appear environmentally conscious while they aren't actually doing anything meaningful.

All of this is reflected in how I manage the land I own and am responsible for. I manage it so that I can make my living off of it and so that future generations can do so as well. I manage it in part for the benefit of the flora and fauna that is part of it, and in small part in how it affects the rest of the world around it. But I don't think that the land is above human interaction with it. That's conservation and stewardship and use is acceptable, undue waste is not. That's my philosophy, and I don't force it on other people.

 

[J_Wales]

Thanks for your comments.

What are your thoughts on "cap and trade" and similar schemes?

 

[indiucky]

Just like a watermelon. Green on the outside, red on the inside.

 

[level.eleven]

WND is a giant embaressment.

This is still the best World Nut Daily article ever penned.

Soy is making kids ‘gay’

 

[hoosierdoc]

This is still the best World Nut Daily article ever penned.

Soy is making kids ‘gay’

Because of the headline or the body of the article describing physiologic effects in males of taking phytoestrogens?