Of course we do Mary Ann, but if we keep electing idiots (of any stripe, it doesn't matter if it's the idiot puppet on the left or the idiot puppet on the right), our responsibilities keep getting shunted aside for more important things, like sports stadiums (Democrats in Seattle) and wars for oil (Republicans) and moronic insanities like that. The tweeters community is small and seems relatively well-informed on issues, but you cannot make me believe that the rest of America is as well informed, which is to the great detriment of the environment. Bill Hicks once called humans a "virus with shoes", and I don't think he was too far off. We have such ability to do good, and yet we also have the ability for great evil and atrocity. Which part of our human nature will ultimately prevail?

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA
m_lincolnii at yahoo.com


Mary Ann Chapman <machapman at the-mkt-edge.com> wrote:
At 09:17 PM 2/26/2006, Al Wagar wrote:

>...So, in my humble view, the issue is: Will our actions lead to a congenial
>or not-so-congenial environment for people, with ?congenial? including all
>the material and nonmaterial things that contribute to the quality of our
>lives? Like it or not, we seem to be the only decision makers involved.
>Many of our current choices are very short-term and unenlightened for the
>longer term. Whether ecosystems unravel for lack of ?keystone species? or
>our lives are simply impoverished by the loss of interesting species and
>environments, we need an enlightened self-interest in our decision making.

What bothers me about this approach is that we are considering only our own
interests. As the only decision makers involved, don't we have some
responsibility for considering the congeniality of the environment for
other species as well?

Mary Ann Chapman
Seattle

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