tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post115958290880751362..comments2024-03-27T14:07:52.573+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: An Islamic RoundupPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1159643614365516342006-09-30T20:13:00.000+01:002006-09-30T20:13:00.000+01:00Demosthenes,Your comment is very wise. It is a lit...Demosthenes,<BR/><BR/>Your comment is very wise. It is a little known fact that the Chapparal ecosystem has wildfires built into its regenerative lifecycle. That's a fact of life. It is actually the way the ecosystem reproduces itself. To curse wildfires in the Chapparal ecosystem is the equivalent of cursing the human reproductive process (not in a moral sense, but in a sheer logic sense).<BR/><BR/>What's more, I agree with you that it is incredibly stupid that our government gives handouts to those who build in wilderness and then scream when their house burns down.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, that is a form of welfare for the rich and it sickens me.<BR/><BR/>I live in the area where many of these wildfires happen, and I could probably put them out myself as much as the whining of the canyon-dwelling pussies makes me want to spit on them.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1159643310932757272006-09-30T20:08:00.000+01:002006-09-30T20:08:00.000+01:00I agreed with most everything you said but the ver...I agreed with most everything you said but the very beginning shows simply ignorance of the California ecology. Wildfires are great things. It's what has evolved in regions like California as the way of life for the plants native to those regions. It's not just the environmentalist but everyone who should be applauding these wildfires. Of course, there are even many so-called environmentalist who don't realize that wildfires are part of the cycle. I talked with some "environmentalists" yesterday about how excellent were the 1988 wildfires that burnt down most of Yellowstone and they just didn't seem to get it.<BR/>In terms of people's homes, I have no sympathy for people who build in the middle of a wilderness and then expect nature to change for them. The fault here really is the government in that it provides disaster relief for people who make stupid decisions like building in fire prone wildernesses, flood plains, coastal islands that are hurricane magnets, cities below sea level that are beside a very large river and so forth. Disaster relief beyond just helping everyone get out alive should be stopped as it simply encourages stupidity.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there is the alternative management policy of smaller prescribed fires which would be ecologically sound.Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913280827823124219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1159620326002188832006-09-30T13:45:00.000+01:002006-09-30T13:45:00.000+01:00Appeasement only emboldens them. I just wish I cou...Appeasement only emboldens them. <BR/><BR/>I just wish I could see someone say what Ed says in the MSM. Bush is portrayed as "tough" and the problems we face are the results of his being "tough". It's just the opposite, of course.Jason Pappashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233796281520274898noreply@blogger.com