From syntext Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 20:44
From syntext Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 20:44
>[note: Now it's great and all that they want to get political, but there >damnation of clearcutting procedures are kind of off base. Clearcutting, >done right, can be a vital and important part of a healthy habitat and >ecosystem. Creates edge and allows shade intolerant species, such as Jack >Pine <home of the endangered Kirklan Warbler bird>, to grow. I think they >should be more careful on their politics. Don't want to become another >Consolidated, who got so mired in their message that they began to sound as >bad as the fascists they were condemming.] Hmmm, well, the fact that coldcut are political I think are one of their strengths... particularilly in the way they go about it, which, unlike Consolidated (which were appropriate in their time... regan/bush etc... eek!) doesn't involve excessive ranting. And well, as for clear cutting, I'm sure the Kirklan Warbler did just fine pre lumber co's. Not to mention the _many_ other species that don't "benifit" from clearcutting like the Warbler... Living, not to mention treeplanting, in british columbia's let me see a lot of it first hand. Driving through 60 miles of clear cuts doesn't lend one to think that the logging co's are acting with a sence of enviromental responsibility. I think rape and pillage would be more appropriate. In the west we're _starting_ to realise that there are smarter ways to go about logging, which the Scandinavian countries have already demonstrated, however, a lot of the multinationals have now moved into 3rd world countries such as Indonesia, not to mention Russia, and are clearcutting everything in sight... anyways, I'll stop ranting later q -------------- Upcoming Gigs: March 26th, w/Vapour Space, Phil Western (live), Perfume Tree, Drop Modulation and Dub Gnostic ... -------------- hold onto your chairs...Gravity taking a hiatus, sad but true... somethings in the works though... http://www.hqcommunications.com/gravity.htm -------------- xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx http://www.hqcommunications.com/syntext.html