Tony,
You are missing the point. Sometime forest fires are good, sometimes they
aren't. Running around and burning something down which could cause a
forest fire shouldn't be hailed because of the flawed view that all forest
fires are good.
Steve
--- "Chiaviello, Anthony" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Didn't Indians start plenty of fires? I believe the forests were in
> pretty
> good shape when Europeans arrived. How does the source affect the
> effect?
> -Tc
> Anthony R. S. Chiaviello, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor, Professional Writing
> Department of English
> University of Houston-Downtown
> One Main Street
> Houston, TX 77002-0001
> 713.221.8520 / 713.868.3979
> "Question Reality"
>
> > ----------
> > From: Steve[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:08 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: State Sponsored Ecoterror
> >
> > Well in the time I have been here on the list I have learned that yes
> > forest fires can be a good thing. However, I think some of the
> foresters
> > on the list might disagree that fires started by man are good.
> >
> > Oh well guess I'll just tell Smokey the Bear to shove it, eh?
> >
> > Steve
> > Hi ho, hi ho,
> > Its of to work I go...to start a forest fire.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- "Chiaviello, Anthony" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hey, forest fires are good for the forest, needed for regeneration.
> I'd
> > > much
> > > rather see a forest burn than see it clearcut (Ideally, I'd like to
> see
> > > forestry be one out of five trees, individually counted and skidded
> out
> > > by
> > > mule or helicopter, but the profit is slim, though there are those
> who
> > > do
> > > make a living at it - one in Alberta that I know of, another written
> up
> > > 2
> > > weeks ago in High Country News).
> > > -Tc
> > > Anthony R. S. Chiaviello, Ph.D.
> > > Assistant Professor, Professional Writing
> > > Department of English
> > > University of Houston-Downtown
> > > One Main Street
> > > Houston, TX 77002-0001
> > > 713.221.8520 / 713.868.3979
> > > "Question Reality"
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: Steve[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:12 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: State Sponsored Ecoterror
> > > >
> > > > While we are casting national aspersions here let us not forget
> that
> > > the
> > > > Japanese were generally not nice conquerers either. The rape of
> > > Nanking
> > > > comes to mind.
> > > >
> > > > > I am simply stating this terrorism-- is wrong, it
> > > > > causes damage to people, sometimes the environment
> > > >
> > > > Interesting point. Is burning down something that one feels is a
> > > threat
> > > > to the environment good for the environment? What about burning
> down
> > > > say...oh I don't know...a ski lodge and risking the burning of
> > > hundreds or
> > > > even thousands of acres of forest? Is that a good thing. John
> feels
> > > > quite strongly about Weyerhauser cutting down trees what about an
> > > ELFer
> > > > who tries to burn down a ski lodge only to have a large forest
> fire
> > > > result?
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > believe in
> > > > a 'Satan', but this man is as close to 'the real McCoy' as they
> come."
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