[ RadSafe ] Reasoning the Unreasonables (frm:Chernobyl's Reduced Impact)

[John Jacobus]

Howard,
I am sorry to say I will need more proof than your
word. I expect more out of a physician.

--- hflong at pacbell.net wrote:

> I, too admire the diving accomplishments of Costeau.
> Nevertheless, when I saw him affirm "The only way to
> restore nature is to
> get rid of 300,00 human beings a day" (or words very
> close), it conflicted
> with my main goal in life, and perhaps yours.
> 
> You will agree that statement is Green extremism?
> Sadly,
> Howard Long
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doug Aitken"
> <daitken at sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>
> To: "howard long" <hflong at pacbell.net>; "John
> Jacobus"
> <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Reasoning the Unreasonables
> (frm:Chernobyl's
> Reduced Impact)
> 
> 
> > At 08:39 PM 9/14/2005, howard long wrote:
> > >Green extremists like Couseau view humans as
> parasites of mother earth
> > >  who damage "nature". I, and hopefully most HPs,
> disagree.
> > >We seek to preserve human life.
> > >
> >
> > Wow: that tar-brushing statement sure does enhance
> your credibility!
> >
> > As one of many who were brought up on Cousteau's
> wonderful films, and his
> > wholly reasonable worries about the damage that
> humans can and often do to
> > the underwater environment, I deplore this kind of
> statement. He was not a
> > "green extremist"!
> >

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"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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