re: greenies

writserv@mi.net
Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:10:18 -0300

>(As posted by "Carl Strohmenger (HSC)" <cstrohme@com1.med.usf.edu>)
>
>There has been a lot of discussion about species preservation vs.
>property rights. It seems to me that if there is a patch of property that
>has something valuable on it, then either the (national, state, or local)
>government can use a condemnation procedure to purchase the property for
>a fair market price, and then make it a protected property; OR a private
>group should make an offer of a fair market price for the property (this
>is how Nature Conservancy does it) and then negotiate with the
>appropriate governmental agency to make the property a publicly owned,
>protected preserve. If the groups advocating the protection of the
>species/property cannot or will not come up with the money for purchase,
>then maybe they are not really serious about preservation. It is always
>easy to require someone else to make the sacrifice of parting with their
>land (money, resources, etc.)
>
>I keep hearing complaints about greedy land-owners, but I suspect that
>they are just looking out for their own best interests, just as all the
>rest of us are doing.
>
>Just my not so humble opinion.
>
>- Carl
>
Quoted from above:

>>I keep hearing complaints about greedy land-owners, but I suspect that
>>they are just looking out for their own best interests, just as all the
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>>rest of us are doing.
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>>Just my not so humble opinion.
>>
>>- Carl
>

Hello Carl:

No personal offense meant, Carl, but I consider the above (indicated) to be
a really a stupid statement. While I am _NOT_ calling _you_ stupid, I do
resent it in the extreme when someone who knows me not from a
hole-in-the-wall makes such a sweeping generalization to my inclusion.

I suggest that you lack information and cognition concerning what " ...all
the rest of us are doing." Although your statement may hold true for your
perception of your associates, I assume that you will give a reference
which will disinclude any and all persons who have not given you permission
to speak for them.

There is also a significant indigenous population in the Americas and
elsewhere in this scarred world that would give you blank stares when you
talk about "...the sacrifice of parting with their land (money, resources,
etc.)" in the context of ownership.

Rand Nicholson (writserv@mi.net)