> What I do want to stress is that we are dealing with a very
> complex issue that hits us to the very core of our life style.
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
>
>
I think Chuck is correct that it is a complex issue that hits at the
core of our lifestyle. My comments are not directed at him because
I truly agree with him.
Nevertheless, his statement is ironically similar to statement that I
remember George Bush, the older making near the onset of the Persian
Gulf War. I recall him saying something close to, "What is at stake
hear is our lifestyle" just before climbing into a large pleasure boat
to travel around the harbor at Kennebunkport, Maine.
I found the need to be willing to kill people to support his ability
to travel on a pleasure boat which got something like 2 miles per
gallon to be misguided.
Admitedly, not all consumption is that frivolous, but a large fraction
is frivolous and that would seem to be a very large part of the
problem.
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Physics Department |
Washington and Jefferson College |
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