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On 7/28/2011 11:31 AM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan wrote:
> Calling someone a NIMBY is used by proponents to dismiss any argument
> made by those objecting to their project. Calling somebody a meaningless
> and ugly name is a whole lot easier, and lazier, than dealing with the
> merits of their case. Protecting what goes on in my back yard is not
> only acceptable, it is often laudable.
* sorry. I've heard that it's sometimes taken in that way, and of course
what proponents of a project say is often hype and scare-mongering. I
use NIMBY to designate someone who knows what is going on locally, and
accordingly is able to point out the specific local problems with
proposed environmental disruption.
I haven't met any of the other kind, who supposedly protest projects
because of bigotry or inferred personal inconvenience (you can
understand that I couldn't have used the term it of colleagues if I'd
meant it as a term of disrespect).
fred.
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