[va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
- From: "C. Michael Stinson" <cms@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:12:09 -0400
Could this list possibly return to being a bird reporting list and get away
from narrow-minded environmentalist blather, and especially the
sanctimonious comments about the size of people's families?
Is there a moderator for this list?
Mike Stinson
Dillwyn, VA
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From: "IE Ries" <featherchaser@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:23 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
> Jeanette,
>
> That's always been my position: people who insist on having more than
one
> child, THAT is being selfish, and not the choice to have none, have only
> one, or to adopt, or whatever. As I was telling another list member the
> other day, nothing irritates me more than when someone pays lip service
> about the need for responsible human population management, but then
> IMMEDIATELY follows it up with, "Oh but people will never go along with
> that." Too bad, as humans are going to learn the lesson the hard way if
> they don't do it willingly now, today.
>
> So, I applaud those like you who respect and encourage the truly
selfless
> position, promoting and defending it - you're an asset to the planet!
>
> Regards,
>
> Irene in Southside
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peters, Jeanette" <jeanette.peters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:07 PM
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
>
>
> I hope that we are, however slowly, growing out of the "Thou Shalt
> Breed" mentality. There is still a lot of pressure --especially on
> women-- to have kids or more than one kid, regardless of our personal
> inclinations. It takes a strong person who knows her own mind to stand
> up against the societal messages that say we are made whole only by
> having a baby (or two, or three, or...). If we want to see rational
> population maintenance, the first step is validating lifestyles that
> include one or no children, at least of the biological variety. Instead
> of condemning the child-free or parents of one child as "selfish," we as
> a society need to start accepting --and dare I day, thanking-- people
> who make these decisions. They make everyone else's lives richer in the
> long-term (better student/teacher ratios, less traffic congestion), and
> leave more habitat for our non-human neighbors.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeanette Peters
>
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> [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
> Blowers
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:51 PM
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> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Highland County
>
> Indeed, population growth is the biggest one of them all, underlying all
> the others. If population continues without stop to increase
> exponentially, NO resource is renewable, not wind or solar or anything
> else, for eventually we will demand more out of it than it will give.
>
> Jim Blowers
>
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>
> Right on Irene! Well said. Until we pull our heads out of the sand to
> tackle human population problems and our short term, money is everything
> attitudes.....we will continue to be in free fall. Greg Moser You are
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