M. writes:
> Even if this is not so, and this obsession with
>particular subjects is innocent and totally accidental,  we could all be
>members of a
>big cyber-experiment where we are being watched as goldfish in a bowl by
>just anybody. Perhaps the freedom of Internet communications has a price
>after all.
>I hope you can see that i am not covered by the message below, but i have
>to remark that it includes a solid opinion of what's unethical, which is
>an extremely rare event in this list.
>
>
> Maria-Stella
>
You have a good point. Perhaps we should use psuedonyms and remote
addresses. The CIA is undoubtly (and the FBI) and CSIS are very interested
in any discussions on 'ecoterrorism' and 'ecotage'. And I believe that the
main reason for several posters to post a thread (perhaps unconsciously) is
to draw attention to the topic so that corporations and the state can
monitor and watch the discussion. 

I personally have expressed my opinion on the topic. Only through
'prinicpled negotiations' can conflict be resolved. There is no other way.
Unless of course you are in the midst of a torrential flood, the power of
reason and compassion is paramount. Anyone who supports ecoterrorism should
find help for their disease. 

The best strategy to take is to discuss facts related to the topic of
environmental values (cognitive and emotive) and go from there. 

Address issues of paramount importance. For instance GM, climate change, etc. 

The detractors will always claim to be experts in these areas, but will
always divert the issue from the discussion of facts, and resort to ad
hominem type arguments. For the record these people never are capable of
contributing anything of substance anyway because their minds are already
made up. Instead their discussions will be simply irrelevant on the topic,
attempt to divert the discussion to an analysis of the 'character' of the
people arguing for responsiblility. 

A true statesman is a person that sees the good in every soul, as well as
his own (Alcibides) and the person that sullies the character - or attempts
to sully - of a person who is sincerely interested in dialogue sees no good
in that character, nor possibly within themselves. The sense of virtue in
all things (civic and otherwise) must be cultivated, and virtue cannot be
learned nor is it innate, but it is cultivated from the two (interesting).
The soul has only one desire: to desire the good. 

john foster




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