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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 4/2/2005 8:34:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:


> James, I accept without a reading what you and Don tell me. What shall we 
> do about the warnings beyond what we here on the homestead list espouse? 
> Has Diamond caused any good change? I do not fault him if not. Millions of 
> us are aware of many things that need to be changed. Not many are doing 
> much.
> 
> 
> This is Denise instead of James but this is what I think:  attempting to 
> convince other individuals, much less the DC whorehouse as you call it, is 
> impossible, counterproductive, and a waste of time.  Instead, what we can 
> do is 
> live, ourselves, in a *real* sustainable way, providing for ourselves and 
> future generations, instead of trying to use it all up for ourselves like 
> the 
> leaders and most of the current followers.  Some will survive, some will 
> prosper, 
> some few have to preserve the knowledge now, and the lifestyle that 
> preserves the knowledge and skills and earth and biology is a good one in 
> and of 
> itself so even if nothing awful happens, hey, we're having a good time and 
> not 
> complaining and not trying to get other people to do anything that we are 
> not 
> already doing ourselves.