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Environment & Energy

Binkie The Clown

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5. They liked smoking, and so decided not to quit. We like the products of raping the environment

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #4)

Fri May 19, 2017, 08:12 PM

May 2017

so we rape the environment. It's a choice. You can choose to take an action, or you can choose to avoid taking an action. Both are choices.

But at this point I think we are probably just arguing semantics.

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So With All These "Progressives" Around, Why Is The Planet Falling Apart? - Guardian [View all] hatrack May 2017 OP

This...... Binkie The Clown May 2017 #1

"... no other species has deliberately caused its own extinction ..." OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #2

I'm reminded of something I read many years ago. Binkie The Clown May 2017 #3

Still, while you were smoking, were you choosing to kill yourself? Or did you simply like smoking? OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #4

They liked smoking, and so decided not to quit. We like the products of raping the environment Binkie The Clown May 2017 #5

No. It's not "just arguing semantics" OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #6

Humanity does not have a death wish. On that we agree. Binkie The Clown May 2017 #7

Why I stress the difference OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #8

I believe that convincing enough people to make a difference... Binkie The Clown May 2017 #9

We need to define what it means to "make a difference" OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #10

:shrug: Binkie The Clown May 2017 #11

I don't believe extinction is a given OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #12

Quote rom thew O.P. Binkie The Clown May 2017 #13

Assuming your estimate is correct OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #14