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posted by
majroj
on May 31, 2008 at 7:15 PM
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Effect versus intent , self-image versus public image
I liked the prior comment about "we do what we can", I'll mull that subconsciously for a while.
In Kenya you can see firsthand the friction between burgeoning population and shrinking nature. We Euro/American types jump in to protect icons of our childhoods while folks on the scene see wild animals as pests and protein, even income as bushmeat, pets, etc. If we weren't blessed with so much in the way of resources space and social inertia, we would be there too. Wherever our density outstrips our resources here, we see gangs instead of clans, but the same sort of drama plays out if let be.
These self-titled "Rainbow Warriors" of Greenpeace are enjoying the fact that they are really in little more danger than they want to put themselves (unless the French get mad at them again). That's why they stay on the high seas and not in the gorilla thickets and elephant veldt where one guy with an AK47 would silence them and their camera wind up in the local market or EBAY.
posted by
majroj
on January 29, 2008 at 8:56 AM
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posted by
afzal50
on January 29, 2008 at 2:21 AM
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Re: It does seem a bit odd...
I always think we need to strike a balance. I'm an animal lover, but I think it's sad that we can't extend the same kindness to our fellow humans that we give Flipper, Fido and Fluffy..
posted by
Loribeth215
on January 29, 2008 at 12:01 AM
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It does seem a bit odd...
But I guess we all do what we can, maybe the Greenpeacers aren't cancer researchers. You bring up an interesting point.
posted by
food4thought
on January 28, 2008 at 11:09 PM
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