I have not seen Bambi (except vaguely), but i guess you cried not becuase
of enironmental despair, but because Bambi and his mother etc are
personified animals and actually you cried for a 'human', not a deer.
Anywy, do you think that the type of environmentalists that Budiansky
described are so typical, or is he exaggerating? He is giving the examples
of Thoreau and Muir, and even from Nazi Germany, but is this relevant to
the present half-century stereotypic profile of an environmentalist?
Sometimes i wonder if his examples are carefully chosen to discredit ALL
environmentalists.
Maria-Stella
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Chris Perley wrote:
> Good book. I read it a few years back. A wake up call for those with
> preservationist tendencies who believe that nature is just like the movie -
> and where people think they are "environmentalists" if they cried when
> Bambi's mother died.
>
> Chris Perley
>
> PS - I cried. In fact, I was about 11 or so, and I can NEVER remember
> crying so much over such a load of baloney (I would say bullshit - but I'm
> never sure whether you Americans understand real English - whereas you
> understand baloney).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Maria Stella
> > Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2000 11:17
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: The ad hominem argument
> >
> >
> >
> > > Steve writes:
> > >
> > > >Maria-Stella is an idiot.
> > > >
> > > >Is that not an ad hominem argument?
> > >
> > > No. Not from you Steve. Any comment from you is complement.
> >
> > Yes, i shall agree to that (romantic sigh!) (#$@% !!)
> > Well, thanks for your answer Steve :)
> >
> > I am reading an interesting book right now, Nature's Keepers, by Stephen
> > Budiansky.
> > Do you have any ad hominem or not comments to make about him?
> > I want to use some things for my thesis, so i want to know ALL the gossip.
> >
> > Maria-Stella
> >
> >
>
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