Leon Kaplan wrote:
> >
> Hi!
>
> [...]
> > Continental drift, yes of course. I live in the mountains. A few years
> > ago I
> > lived in a town 3500 feet above sea level that used to be part of a
> > volcanic
> > island arc like Hawaii. But these phenomena were not products of human
> > agency. Human beings are not even candidates for the possible cause of
> > the Alpine orogeny, for instance. But if the climate is warming, we
> > are likely to bear some responsibility. And if that is true, then we
> > might be able to reverse the trends. I know that's a lot of "ifs" for
> > an engineer.
>
> Right!
>
> > Maybe that is why technicians should stay out of
> > politics. Too much responsibilty.
>
> No its the other way round: maybe only unresponsible people get into politics
> ;-)
maybe a sad truth. But maybe hope lies in the difference between
'only' and 'many' maybe with a little encouragement people can teach
the politicans what is responsible
that a lot of maybe's to go with too many if's--almost enough for an
artist...
;-)
> cu,
> Aaron.
-- Jim Terral South Slocan, BC http://www.netidea.com/~jterral/ http://moo.hawaii.edu/athemoo/WebMOO.html