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Environmental Wacko Letter to Editor
Reading (Pa.) Eagle
| Dec. 15, 2004
Posted on 12/15/2004 6:25:45 AM PST by Russ
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To: bikepacker67
Old growth virgin forests - by definition - have fewer trees per acre then far younger forests with many more smaller trees.Correct ... in the world of lies, damn lies, and statistics ... I went for the 3rd one. It was the wholesale slaughter reference that sent me over the top.
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:08:10 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
("All I need to know about Islam I learned on 09/11/01" - Crawdad)
To: Russ
Ah dunno -- I disagree with the entire christmas TREE thing -- it's a pagan ritual and has nothing to do with TRUE Christmas -- the birth of Christ. We should not have christmas trees or Santa Claus dressed in Coca Cola colors (or indeed we shouldn't have Santa at all) -- these divert from the true meaning of Christmas -- Christ born on earth
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:08:32 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Russ
To: Russ
I hear the tomatoes screaming every time I make a salad.
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:23:59 AM PST
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Cronos
Oh, let the children have their fun. You did..
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:29:54 AM PST
by
MaxMax
To: Russ
Every Christmas tree farm I've been to paints a line on the trunk of the tree. You're not to cut below the line so the tree can re-sprout and continue to grow. The tree does not die, it just goes through a major pruning.
To: tx_eggman
Oh, the horror. There are more trees in North America now than there were when the Pilgrims landed. I've heard this before... do you have a source? I believe you, I've just never seen an actual source for that statement.
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:35:24 AM PST
by
Terabitten
(Alpha Male of the Free Republic wolfpack)
To: In veno, veritas
I can also hear the grass cry when I walk on it. /sarcasm There used to be a website that some guy set up specifically to tweak PETA. I believe the organization was named "PETVA" (People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables Also)
As for the grass, well, I always associate the bagging attachment on my Lawn-Boy with the "Bring Out Your Dead" Monty Python skit.
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:35:26 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
("Diplomats. The best diplomat I know of is a fully loaded phaser bank" - Cdr. Montgomery Scott)
To: Cronos
No, it really isn't a pagan ritual and has everything to do with Christianity and Christmas. Legend has it that St. Boniface, in the 7th century, used the triangular shape of a fir tree to describe the Holy Trinity.
Martin Luther is said to have decorated the first Christmas tree with candles for his children. It really gained popularity in the mid sixteen hundreds in Germany and then spread to England.
As a Christian, I know the meaning of Christmas but I can still enjoy the trimmings that come with it.
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:50:21 AM PST
by
Russ
To: Russ
Man if he thinks cutting down trees is wholesale slaughter, what would he call a combine mercilessly butchering corn. This harvest Holocaust occurs every year!! Oh the humanity, the poor corn!!! (I know there not trees but hey they are all plants right?)...just thought this would help put things in perspective.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:28:31 AM PST
by
Ksnavely
To: Russ
Environmental Nut alert!
I am so glad that I decided to create a "NUTJOB" folder for articles like this one. It doesn't even qualify for the ENVIRONMENTAL folder.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:29:18 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
To: Marysecretary
Don't they realize that these trees are grown ONLY for this purpose, to be cut down and sold at Christmas? Dingbat.You insensitive perverted sadist!
Did you miss the part about the "death throes"?
< /sarcasm >
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:30:48 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
To: Russ
I'll have a White Berger with ketchup, please....
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:30:53 AM PST
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: Russ
What a callous set of responses to a sensitive letter from a concerned citizen! Me, I cry every time I cut an onion!
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:31:23 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: Russ
What a nut. And uniformed.
If people did not use live trees in their homes, there would be less Christmas trees and not more.
What paper is it, I feel a letter to the editor coming on.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:32:56 AM PST
by
BJungNan
(Did you call your congressmen to tell them to stop funding the ACLU? 202 224 3121)
To: Cronos
blah blah blah pagan ritual blah blah blah...if you don't like it don't use it, I personally like the Christmas tree to me it represents eternal life (because they are evergreen get it) but if you want to take the holier then though route be my guest. And Santa Claus, since when is having a figure that encourages good behavior and gift giving and jolliness a bad thing, I think our society needs more figureheads like Santa.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:33:01 AM PST
by
Ksnavely
To: bikepacker67
"Old growth Virgin Forests" is just another phrase invented to reasonable and to "sound" sane. Sort of like "death throes".
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:33:14 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
To: Russ
I'm sorry, but the idea of a fir tree in the house on winter solstice is taken from Nordic legends as is the yule tide log
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:34:13 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Russ
Find alternative to cutting down treesOkay.
How's pushin' them over with bulldozers work for you?
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:35:56 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Pete'sWife
I hear the tomatoes screaming every time I make a salad.I, on the other hand, stopped doing acid back in the 1980's.
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posted on
12/15/2004 8:37:38 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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