harolds1@ihlpa.UUCP (08/31/87)
From Earth Island Journal - letter to editor: I recently subscribed to the Journal with the assumption that it was an environmental journal. I was disappointed with the usual human-centered justifications for protecting the Earth. For example, Brower and Karlinger describe the Central American jungle as important because it contains undiscovered medical and agricultural treasures. But I was really angered, dismayed when I read the following in "Space Age Pollution" by Jim Heaphy: "the ..... satellite crashed into the Canadian wilderness spreading large quantities of highly radioactive debris over thousands of square miles. Had the debris fallen into a populated region, a major environmental catastrophe would have resulted." Since when is the Canadian wilderness unpopulated? (That part probably is now!) It's just not populated with large numbers of homo saps. In my opinion, it would have been less of an environmental catastrophe if the damned thing had fallen on Manhattan. The dominant species there could have used a little reduction in its numbers! Earth Island Institute 300 Broadway, Suite 28 San Francisco, 94133
granger@cg-atla.UUCP (Peter Granger ) (09/02/87)
Yeah, all those yuppies in their radioactive tennis shoes could pose a real threat to the environment. What? Not the place for it? Sorry, I couldn't resist this one. _____________________________________ Well, if we removed the bones, it | Pete Granger wouldn't be crunchy, now would it? | a.k.a. Ghostwheel