Tch tch.  Obviously not crying at Bambi has harmed you irreparably.  You may
be a bad person John.  And an introduced species at that!  As to being an
American - well, what more can I say.

To the irony deficient, I am taking the micky.

Chris P

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2000 15:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Nature's keepers
>
>
> Ok, I am in really big trouble, here. I didn't
> cry at bambi. Being an American that probably
> puts me even in bigger trouble. My family came
> from England first generation some relatives on my
> fathers side pilgrimed to RI with Roger Williams. I couldn't help
> but think
> of the invading species theory a while back. I suppose my family
> relatives
> could of been thought of invaders, coming here from foreign lands using
> resources, cutting down trees to build their house, devouring for
> consumer
> goods. Does this mean, that because I came from these invasive
> species, the
> humans
> and didn't cry at bambi, that I am not an environmentalist? I
> really must say
> if that's the case
> I better go start in that business major, and go
> consume more. What really makes an environmentalist?
> X is an environmentilist if:
>    X is not from America and cries at the bull of bambi
>    X is an worker for the Animal liberation Front
>    X is one if he/she has concern and respect for the earth. And
> all that is
> interconnected.
> X is one who goes lives in a cabin, gives up electricity
> and hunts bambi, cuts down trees, uses natural resources
> to make more.
>
> I see all this as circular logic forming somehow.
> Signed,
> The Invasive species who didn't cry at Bambi
> But is soon applying to the Franklin Use More
> Business school, where crying at bambi is required,
> and being an american is an absolute criterion.
>
>
> Ina message dated 7/18/00 2:07:27 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << 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).
>   >>
>



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