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Originally Posted by 4X4
Sorry, didn't mean to pick a scab. I said it as an example of a random, uncalled for diss. Sorta like you saying "wow, when did everyone become tree huggers", in a thread that's all about how the snow heavily damaged thousands of trees in our city.
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Not so much a scab, more of an explanation as I guess you never heard it, or more admission of being wrong, which is just as important as my explanation and reasons. I can admit when I'm wrong.
Back to the issue, I've got damaged stuff too, and as you could probably tell from my beliefs, the whole situation makes me very sad too.
The comment was less meant as a diss, and more as a wake up call. Wake up calls are often loud and surprising and even annoying. That's why they're named after an alarm.
Could I have said it better, or more politely? Sure. I'm kinda at the point though in environmental issues where I've realized speaking politely and asking nicely get you absolutely nowhere. (Course being a jerk probably doesn't help either, but I'm lacking a third option.)
And it's a real problem. Bigger scientists talk about it every year. Neil DeGrasse Tyson's whole remake of Cosmos built up to the idea that we are standing on the precipice of the point of no return with our environment. Nobel winners, and physics leader are joining with biologists and environmentalists in the chorus that something is seriously seriously wrong with what we are doing right now and we are already seeing consequences. But in Alberta, you mention any of this stuff, and your told to pound sand.
So I guess to reword my argument more politely and fairly I will just say simply this.
I hope that an event like this reminds people of just how important environmental factors are in our lives. I hope it gives people who never took a lot of environmental issues seriously an idea with which to educate themselves about issues. I would love it if people realized the trees and environment as a whole are just as important as the ones on their street. And lastly I hope that people think twice before using the term 'tree-huggers'to disparage a group that has such important people in it to shut down an important argument.