Comments on: What Earth Day Means to Me http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: » What Earth Day Means to Me http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html/comment-page-2#comment-54793 » What Earth Day Means to Me Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:09:33 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-54793 [...] Originally posted here: What Earth Day Means to Me [...] [...] Originally posted here: What Earth Day Means to Me [...]

]]> By: Gil http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-46080 Gil Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:07:13 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-46080 <p>So in a moment of seriousdom are folks here 'anti-evironmentalist' (cue the late Michael Crichton)? Which is to say they despise the natural organic order? Hasn't human progress been achieved through the elimination of the natural environment? Didn't our medieval ancestors hate the environment because represented all that is dangerous? Sure we will always have trees and cute critters but only because they are profitable for human to have? Wasn't it the Green movement that saw the end of DDT spraying in Africa to preserve the natural order only to have malaria death rates skyrocket in a short time? Or, suppose the Passenger Pigeons did survive and rebuilt their numbers to pre-culling times - would they be viewed as nothing more than a pest and will there be culling seaons, anti-hunting protests and farmers crumbling something along the lines "our ancestors should have finished that pesky bird off when they had the chance!"?<br /> </p> So in a moment of seriousdom are folks here 'anti-evironmentalist' (cue the late Michael Crichton)? Which is to say they despise the natural organic order? Hasn't human progress been achieved through the elimination of the natural environment? Didn't our medieval ancestors hate the environment because represented all that is dangerous? Sure we will always have trees and cute critters but only because they are profitable for human to have? Wasn't it the Green movement that saw the end of DDT spraying in Africa to preserve the natural order only to have malaria death rates skyrocket in a short time? Or, suppose the Passenger Pigeons did survive and rebuilt their numbers to pre-culling times – would they be viewed as nothing more than a pest and will there be culling seaons, anti-hunting protests and farmers crumbling something along the lines "our ancestors should have finished that pesky bird off when they had the chance!"?

]]> By: Adam http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-46079 Adam Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:48:03 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-46079 <p>vidyohs, personally I agree with what you're saying but there are obviously lots of people who don't feel that taxation is theft. You do, I do, they don't. If you think the state is entitled to take a portion of your assets, it doesn't seem to meet the definition of theft any more - you're willing to go along. Some people proclaim themselves proud to pay taxes, which suggests that it's not the threat of compulsion but a sincere desire to do what they believe to be the "right" thing.</p> <p>And no, I don't think you're guilty of volume. But to be honest, this comments section isn't a great place for discussion. Too much name-calling. I'm not assigning blame, I'm just pointing it out.</p> vidyohs, personally I agree with what you're saying but there are obviously lots of people who don't feel that taxation is theft. You do, I do, they don't. If you think the state is entitled to take a portion of your assets, it doesn't seem to meet the definition of theft any more – you're willing to go along. Some people proclaim themselves proud to pay taxes, which suggests that it's not the threat of compulsion but a sincere desire to do what they believe to be the "right" thing.

And no, I don't think you're guilty of volume. But to be honest, this comments section isn't a great place for discussion. Too much name-calling. I'm not assigning blame, I'm just pointing it out.

]]> By: geoih http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-46078 geoih Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:16:18 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-46078 <p>Quote from TrUmPiT: "Basically, I think the Earth should be returned to its natural state, a state before humans came along to destroy the planet in the name of selfishness and greed."</p> <p>Environmetalism has become a religious cult bent on the destruction of it's own species. Come and get your cool-aid.<br /> </p> Quote from TrUmPiT: "Basically, I think the Earth should be returned to its natural state, a state before humans came along to destroy the planet in the name of selfishness and greed."

Environmetalism has become a religious cult bent on the destruction of it's own species. Come and get your cool-aid.

]]> By: Anonymous A http://cafehayek.com/2009/04/what-earth-day-means-to-me.html/comment-page-1#comment-46077 Anonymous A Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:49:59 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-46077 <p>Relax folks. Earth Day won't kill you. Please respect, in addition to all that's been mentioned by Don, Mother Earth. Environmentalism isn't about reducing the ability to make money, it's the opposite. It's about having the ability to have markets, growth and prosperity in the future. </p> <p>Have a nice Earth Day</p> Relax folks. Earth Day won't kill you. Please respect, in addition to all that's been mentioned by Don, Mother Earth. Environmentalism isn't about reducing the ability to make money, it's the opposite. It's about having the ability to have markets, growth and prosperity in the future.

Have a nice Earth Day

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