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The2ndWheel

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9. I did say there is no answer, yes?

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 12:51 PM

Jun 2015

The web of life is too complicated for a single species to try and fix everything. It can't be done. We can't take everything into account. Like I said, we fix A, B is a problem. We fix B, C is a problem. We fix C, and A changes. We go back and fix A, and now D pops up. We fix D, now B is different. Fix B, and we didn't even know H existed, but it's now causing problems. Fix H, and now A, B, and C are an issue. Fix all those and A2EE5twb77K is a problem.

This is why making it a moral issue, the way the articles says it, doesn't really help the situation. Physical reality, and human morality, are two different things.

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This is what a real climate plan looks like: Martin O�Malley�s bold approach sets the standard. [View all] elleng Jun 2015 OP

K & R Koinos Jun 2015 #1

"would extend the lives of 200,000 Americans each year" The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #2

so we should all just die, elleng Jun 2015 #4

I did say there is no answer, yes? The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #9

K & R. n/t FSogol Jun 2015 #3

Well that got MY attention! GliderGuider Jun 2015 #5

GREAT, GliderGuider! elleng Jun 2015 #6

My hard-core fatalism has undergone a foundation-to-roofline renovation recently. GliderGuider Jun 2015 #7

THANK YOU! elleng Jun 2015 #8

My lack of children probably kept me from arriving at this position much sooner. GliderGuider Jun 2015 #10

Yes it is, I'm sure, elleng Jun 2015 #11

Thanks GG. Exquisitly put. Ghost Dog Jun 2015 #12

"framing of climate change as a moral issue" Ghost Dog Jun 2015 #13

R&K!! RiverLover Jun 2015 #14

Thanks. I surely could. elleng Jun 2015 #15

K&R A Little Weird Jun 2015 #16

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