Thank you, well said Walt.
G Rademacher
On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Walter Knapp wrote:
>
> The point is there are discussion groups for that, lots of them. I
> belong to several dozen groups that I actively read on different
> subjects I'm interested in. I could easily make a case that nature
> photography, bicycling and a number of others are "connected" to
> nature
> recording and start posting all about that here. In fact it's not hard
> to make a case that everything is connected to everything.
>
> The reason there are many discussion groups is to focus on different
> subjects, not to become all in one groups. The environmentalism
> subject
> is certainly not core to nature recording. It should be done in groups
> where it is core, and very peripheral here. Anyone interested in it
> can
> join those groups if they are not already there.
>
> BTW, I dislike her as well, intensly. But there are some
> environmentalists I dislike just as much as they are not helping.
> There
> is nothing worse than cramming your religion down someone else's
> throats
> whether they want it or not. That's how you make opponents to your
> cause.
>
> How many in this group are even noticing let alone protesting all the
> destruction of wildlife habitat in their own neighborhood? In spite of
> the economy the bulldozers are still running here. It's very easy to
> protest something way off somewhere, but much harder when it may hurt
> your pocketbook directly. What are each of you doing in your local
> politics, which is where most of this destruction is decided?
>
> You want to make a difference with nature recording? Get out and
> record, so no one can wave a white board around because folks have
> heard
> what's out there. Or in my case, heard and seen as I do nature
> photography too.
>
> Walt
>
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