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Outdated Thinking Imperils Our Future

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For centuries society has treated its ecosystem as expendable, believing the lie that there is always more somewhere. It appeared true when there were so few of us and so much to go around. But there is no always more, everything has limits and a couple of decades ago we reached them on this planet, but failed to change our ways. The impending Fish Lake disaster is yet one more example.

Everyone needs to be supported, but convincing people to destroy the future of their descendants to get that support is not a sensible way to do it. The same material that we need for life is there no matter what we do. What we need is a better way to distribute it, and distribute it more fairly.

As the Tsilhqot'in say, the land is vital to them and they want it pure for their survival. That is the rational view here, not Walt Cobb's outdated thinking.

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Jerry West grew up on a farm in California and is currently Editor and Publisher of THE RECORD newspaper in Gold River, BC. Graduate with Honors and graduate school, UC Berkeley. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Vietnam veteran and Former Sgt. USMC
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