Re: On putting old wind in new bags--Why the Odyssey

Jim Terral (jterral@netidea.com)
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 17:24:58 -0700

So you would rather drown and maybe let millions of people drown
because you
can't prove the cause conclusively? If you wait until you are
absolutely certain,
it will be too late.

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
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