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Re: Ecological Economics renamed
sdef! <savage@easynet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure they said the same thing in the 12th century: "You really
think
> > the earth can support *billlions* when the few million we have today
are
> > all starving to death?"
>
> You keep doing this Mike, setting up a false proposition then knocking it
> down and claiming to have won an argument...
Didn't claim anything; just made the observation that doomsaying has a long
history. They haven't been right in 4000 years, but they're still trying.
>
> > Of course, we do support billions today, and in far greater ease and
> >.comfort than those few million on the 12th century. Why is that, A.J.
?
>
> Like that
> It was your proposition, not his.
> Have you any 12th century newspaper cuttings?
>
Silly boy. They didn't HAVE newspapers in the 12th century.
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Mike Asher
masher@tusc.net
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