Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:44:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Christian Kessler Subject: Re: Snakes and Birds etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sorry -- did not pay attention to the subject line -- intended to be off-line for Jerry. forgot which list-serve gives distinguishes between "reply" & "reply all" jck Christian Kessler wrote: > Jerry -- just found two thoughts on which you & I agree: thread gone > on too long we don't own nature -- & in our more perfect moments we > are part of it, tho the chasm between us & nature is -- in theological > terminology -- "original sin" & not really reversible. but we can > have moments. jck > > Gerald & Laura Tarbell wrote: > >> I think we were all beginning to hope this thread would die a quicker >> death. Let me just recommend a book for Laura. It's by Theodore >> Steinberg and it's >> titled Slide Mountain, or The Folly of Owning Nature. It doesn't >> cover the >> type of 'owning' that she refers to here, but it does answer the larger >> question of land rights in a world bent on change. Do we really own >> any part >> of the natural world even if we put up the nest boxes? >> Jerry >> ========================================== >> >> ===================================================================== >> == >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >> ======================================================================= >> > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================