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Re: Biotechnology, demons, and sustainability



I will have to say that I am disappointed with all the talk of evil 
demons, etc.  We do this, as humans, when we prepare for war, to make 
the "enemy" look really bad.

This discussion brings these thoughts into my mind.  I am glad that 
everyone making the allegations of the "enemy" doesn't use 
electricity, or computers with rare minerals dug up from the ground.  
For that matter, we probably don't use automobiles and burn all that 
fossil energy and do whatever burned dinosaurs do to the atmosphere.  
Nor do we use paper or use other wood products that come from the 
commercially managed forests of the United States or Canada or 
Brazil.  Nor any food items from anywhere else in the world, nor 
anything transported on any highway over long distances.  It's so 
easy to blame the problems on others without seeing our own 
shortcomings.  We are all part of the problem.  Cyperspace is not 
without it's ecological, economic, and social shortcomings.

My point is that if we live in a glass house, we better be careful 
about throwing rocks.  We seem so blind to all the "sins" of being 
human and living at the brink of the 21st century.  I personally 
believe that we are going to need to work together and not create 
"enemies" and hysteria.

There certainly are problems and conflicts between points of view.  
We each sit in different parts of the circle of life and 
consequently, see the world quite differently.  The way to resolve 
these will come most successfully from listening with respect, than 
>from  drawing our swords and creating armies.

I am reminded about Gandhi's statement, "Be the change you expect!"