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Re: Human vs. natural influences on the environment



tomgray <tomgray@igc.apc.org> wrote for all to see:

>brshears@whale.st.usm.edu (Harold Brashears) wrote:
>>tomgray <tomgray@igc.apc.org> wrote for all to see:
>>
>>[edited]
>>
>>>Good decision, Jim.  Scott's posts on environmental issues are
>>>usually on the mark, IMHO.
>>
>>Your opinion was never humble, and here is definitely off the mark
>>
>>Regards, Harold
>>-------------
>>"It is very clear that political propagandists that accuse 
>>Stalin of the murder of millions, simply don't know what 
>>they are talking about."
>>	---Scott Nudds, 6/6/96
>
>Hmmm, this seems like a cheap shot, Harold.  

It is not a cheap shot, it is a quote.  Further, the context does not
change the quote.  The context was one in which I stated that Stalin
must be one of the greates murders of all time.  You can see Scott's
response above.

Sorry you don't like it.

>Call it "my 2 cents," then, if
>you feel I am not sufficiently humble to have a humble opinion from time
>to time.

OK.  I agree that I feel you are not humble.

>I note in passing that you fail to provide any example of a post by Scott
>on environmental issues that is off the mark, which weakens the force
>of your argument somewhat.

Sorry, after reading the missive from Scott above I stopped reading
his post, and I do not intend to start again.  Like my momma said, you
ain't got to eat the whole damn egg to know it is rotten.

When someone quotes a post of Nudds that I am unfortunate enough to
read it is like stepping in a dog leaving that some thoughtless owner
has not cleaned up, but on the sidewalk for others (to paraphrase
someone else's comment about Nudds).

Regards, Harold
----------
"We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as 
little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of 
matters of universal interest."
	---Georg Hegel, The Philosophy of Right, no. 58 (1821; tr. 1942)



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