Re: Feds to Reduce Population of Canada Geese

Sorry, but for clarification, one LAST word on the subject.

For those who may be interpreting the word cull as KILL, that is NOT the
case with anything I said... I DID say folks should go to JAIL... That
is the context in which folks need to be culled... If they choose to
destroy, rather than conserve or coexist, they need to be taken out of the
mainstream. And I DO mean THAT... That does NOT mean I condone KILLING
them, or causing them physical harm...

For a little more on cull:
http://www.answers.com/topic/cull

--
Jan Owen

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"Jan Owen" <janowen1z@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> <delcolja@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > Jan Owen wrote:
> > > > I support the Nature Conservancy's efforts to help preserve the
> natural
> > > balance, and prevent human encroachment and degradation of existing
> > > habitat, where possible, and restore damaged or destroyed habitat
when
> > > possible...
> > >
> > > I try to view man's efforts at managing aspects of nature's balance
> gone
> > > awry as one item at a time, taken in each one's own context... Many
> of
> > > these problems are as a result of man's influence somewhere
> upstream...
> > > And often man's solutions to these problems create new ones
> downstream...
> > > Man tends not to be a good substitute for nature. But, sometimes
man
> CAN
> > > provide a context within which nature can move forward, and in those
> > > cases, such as the work of the Nature Conservancy, I wholeheartedly
> > > applaud and support.
> > >
> > > Earth was not put here for the amusement of, and destruction by, the
> human
> > > race. We need to learn how to work in harmony with our environment
> and be
> > > good stewards of nature, rather than systematically destroy
everything
> in
> > > our path in the name of human progress...
> >
> >
> > That's a nice collection of platitudes and politically correct
> > sentiments, but your original post spoke aprrovingly of "culling" and
> > "controlling" people.
> >
> >
> > I think people who endorse that idea, no matter how lofty their
> > intentions, should set a good example for the rest of us and remove
> > themselves first.
> >
> > If you aren't wiling to do that, you are no position to suggest it be
> > done to anyone else.
> >
> > J. Del Col
> >
>
> Then I guess we're just going to disagree on this whole issue.
>
> So be it... But my position remains the same...
>
> The human race does not OWN the earth, and it has no omnipotent power
> given it to play god. We weren't put here, by chance OR by design, to
> arrogantly decide the fate of the rest of the world. But many folks
seem
> to feel this way... I'd rather be PART of it, or one with it; not RULER
> of it...
>
> Totally YOUR choice where YOU want to be...
>
> That's all I'll have to say on THIS subject.
>
> --
> Jan Owen
>
> To reach me directly, remove the Z, if one appears in my e-mail
address...
> Latitude: 33.6
> Longitude: -112.3
>
>


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