Alien Invasion!

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Greg Montalbano wrote:
> All well and good, kids;  but isn't the real problem the intrinsically
> destructive nature of said modern technology itself?  ...The fact that "we"
> have created a machine with an exponential growth rate (that, indeed,
> DEFINES itself by exponential growth; the main difference between "our"
> lifestyle and that of the "native peoples" cultures) that seems intent on
> fouling and devouring everything and everybody?  

I think there's more than one real problem, but otherwise I agree 100
percent. Unfortunately, the genie's out of the bottle and unless it can be
forced back in for _all_ of us, I think attempts to keep aboriginal
cultures "pure" create another real problem--that of one culture assuming
the burden of keeping another from making the same mistakes while the
first has not given up the benefits derived while making said mistakes. 

> Or am I just sounding like a "dewey-eyed tree-hugger?"

If your views expressed here are those of a tree-hugger, I plead guilty
too. (Now that I think about it, I _do_ on occasion hug trees.) 

	Steve