- Though not deserving of a separate page, I decided to
post this anyway. I remembered it while responding to
some mail I received about the Thread Spread section of
my web site. I didn't have the requested pictures to go
along with the Algodones or Pismo articles, but I did
have this quirky offbeat stray tune to offer up.
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- It is a response I received to the little Tree
Huggers & MTBE piece I posted some time ago. Actually
it's the only response I ever received about that bit.
Apparently it struck a chord in this man/child. I had to
edited out some of the language. It seems the smut mouth
would-be enviro-chemist didn't consider another type of
clean which comes about by not introducing verbal
diarhea.
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- When young children display this kind of behavior
adults call it a tantrum. It's usually followed by
banging on the floor and some bawling. When this type of
behavior is spewed forth from a self proclaimed educated
adult, the rest of us call it humor.
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- Funny thing - It's been over a year but I can finally
buy gasoline without the cancer causing, fish killing,
water polluting MTBE in it. Along with that the lake
everyone was so worried about (around here) has been
reopened to vessels running the new and improved "smooth"
fuel. For every frog there's someone with a
tongue...
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- Rick - Why is it that the only hate mail I receive is
from a hotmail, yahoo or geocities domain ?!?
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- The Response -
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- Subject:
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:38:44 -0800
- From: <name
withheld@hotmail.com>
- To: <macdizzy@macdizzy.com>
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- The only reason I am responding to you is I have been
called Tree Hugger so many times, I was curious what it
meant. My internet search led me to your ravings. You
have given this a lot of thought, no doubt. You seem to
have a vision or a mental picture of a typical Tree
Hugger that is rather discomforting to me. You have
missed the point entirely of what I believe a Tree Hugger
stands for, of course. Maybe person who loves and
respects the natural world should find ways to keep from
harming it. What is fun in your eyes though harmful to
others should be pondered closely. Logic dictates that a
harmful act should be stopped immediately. Most of us
have that natural impulse to draw away from a flame as
our skinned is burned. Knowing that while driving a SUV,
for instance, you are burning more fuel, thus producing
more emissions than a GEO, yet you insist on a SUV
purchase probably means that you don't give a
$4it about the whole
petroleum process. It must be more important to you that
you look good rather than the rational of less impact on
air quality. Why would you care, then, that when you are
flying along in your jet ski, your negative impact to the
environment is far greater than the thrill obtained from
projecting your fat a$$
across the top of a freshwater ecosystem you know nothing
about? If someone attempts to use intelligent thought to
solve a problem, and in the end fails to come to the
correct conclusion or finds that they are a hypocrite for
not realizing sooner that that the process of change is
infinite, they are still far more enlighten than those
who build forums of thought to support ideals that are
clearly wrong, outdated or derogatory. Simply put, moron.
Give your issues more thought. Don't categorize the very
people around that may offer you options for change for
this f-word up world we are
all trying to call home. I am not sure what you are doing
for the cause. Apparently nothing. If you would like to
know more about the natural world. I may be able to help.
But please bring curiosity not judgment.
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- I apologies for not having an email address at this
time. Please check back in a few days. I will probably be
found under a hotmail address using the name
holycrossg.com or something very similar. Please feel
free to rant my direction.
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- Name Withheld
- Environmental Chemist
- Grand Haven, Michigan
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