On Sat, 11 Nov 1995, Don Messerschmidt wrote:
> This is a copyrighted statement (printed on t-shirts for sale at the
> lodge) by the Machan Jungle Lodge in the Rapti Valley of the Terai
> lowlands south of the high Himalayas, in Nepal... Apropos of recent
> discussion and comment about U.S. environmental legislation... human
> greed... environmental politics... and such.
>
> "Only when,
> the last tree is cut down,
> the last river is polluted,
> the last fish is caught,
> the last animal is extinct,
> will it be firmly established,
> that humans cannot eat money."
>
> MACHAN (C) Dedicated to Wildlife Conservation
>
>
> // Don Messerschmidt, Anthropologist
> Natural Resources & Social Forestry Specialist
> 13215-C8 S.E.Mill Plain #189, Vancouver, WA 98684-6991 USA
> Phone & Facsimile: (360) 256-8596
> Email: < damesser@pacifier.com >
> _____________________________
>
> `Preserve Cultural Diversity'
> _____________________________
>
To Dons' succinctly correct observation of human nature, I would like
to add the following:
"He
whose bread
I eat,
His song
I sing"
(Unknown)
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