From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 23:14:32 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote:
>I'm saying that even putting the matter that way embodies a political
>statement. But wait, what is this `raping of the Earth'? Material is being
>relocated, modified, marketed. It's just like `raping of a human'.
>
Well no. It could be that Gaia is a *willing* participant, in
which case those who argue against raping the earth are
merely withholding from her much-desired copulation,
in which she would joyously participate. The earth might
really want to be made into something different.
The phrase "raping the earth" could scarcely be more
carefully calculated to inflame within humans an emotional
response, and is a prime example of what I was getting at
with the idea that we cannot get to the real truth because
of our inherent limitations as humans. spike
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