[NatureNS] Nova Scotia's nature and the federal election

Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:27:16 -0300
From: Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca>
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In the past we've had on-line discussions about what should or shouldn't 
appear on naturens, but I still think it's better to error on the side of 
inclusiveness, not exclusiveness. So I was happy to see Blake's and Wayne's 
messages about the vital nature of the upcoming federal election. Listing 
birds and debating about identifications is certainly a fundamental, 
valuable aspect of this listserv, but to cut the listserv off from political 
matters, esp. as they relate to environmental concerns, could risk making 
the listserv a bit like the proverbial head-in-the-sand camel. The listserv 
shouldn't be a shelter from our troubled world, but I realize that's only 
one possible view of it. Those who don't want to read about politics can 
easily delete the messages. If beliefs differ and swords clash (as they did 
a few months ago during a debate about global warming), that's not such a 
bad thing -- that's nature...human nature.
Brian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <uhoeger@dal.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:20 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Nova Scotia's nature and the federal election


>I don't think that it is in the interest of NatureNS to get any kind of 
>political
> discussions and exchange of viewpoints going!  Experience and examples
> from other forums teach us that it usually doesn't take long before the 
> sh...
> hits the fan and people get upset and p....off of each other.  Everybody 
> is
> entitled to his own political view and opinion, but NatureNS shouldn't be 
> the
> place for campaigning!
>
> My $0.02
>
> Ulli 

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