Of course. You'll get no argument from me. I probably should have said
"What bothers me about this approach is that *it considers* only human
interests."

I once saw an actual calculation of how much of the surface of any
inhabited area is taken up with concessions to the automobile - streets,
parking lots, car sales lots, service stations, repair facilities, gasoline
storage facilities, etc. I don't remember the percentage, but it was
staggering.

To me, the question is what we can individually do about it, and how much
effect we can have by taking down our feeders. And for that matter,
whether feeders can actually compensate for some lost habitat. And
ultimately, whether there is really any hope at all to reverse the trend,
never mind to reverse existing damage.

Mary Ann Chapman
Seattle


At 11:39 PM 2/26/2006, Brett Wolfe wrote:
>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
><mailto:m_lincolnii at yahoo.com>m_lincolnii at yahoo.com
>
>
>Mary Ann Chapman <machapman at the-mkt-edge.com> wrote:

>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