Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
Conservation - as fake as a £9 note
At a time of spiralling prices and cuts in essential services across the board, one industry seems to be escaping much of the hardship. Never mind our armed services without proper equipment, prisons stretched to capacity, hospitals being sources of infection, schools failing future generations, social services not able to cope, inadequate flood defences, precipitous potholes in our roads, and last but not least the seemingly unstoppable rise in violent crime. Despite all the political posturing, essential services are largely being starved of cash, whilst millions of pounds are being thrown at an industry which is about as fake as a nine pound note. Indeed, if this industry operated in the high street, it would probably be closed down for misrepresentation or downright fraud. The industry of course is "conservation" which: · Passes off the planting of nursery grown saplings (baby trees) as "ancient woodlands". · Claims planting trees combats climate change - where scientific evidence concludes they do not above 20 degrees latitude and that the money would be better spent protecting tropical forests. · Promotes historical assumptions and speculation as "fact" in respect of "native" species where it has no evidence to support its claims. · Introduces animals that have evolved abroad and claims they are "native" to this country because they are in the same paper classification of "species". · Emotively uses words like "extinct" when it really means an animal is not established in certain locations. · Promotes and carries out ethnic cleansing by killing plants and animals it deems inappropriate because of origin or abundance. · Solicits donations from the public for conserving the natural environment, yet indulges in and encourages environmentally damaging activities to fund its existence. · Sends out large quantities of unsolicited junk mail, which is environmentally damaging by its production, distribution and disposal. · Canvasses for volunteers to do menial tasks, but pays its executives up to and over £100,000 a year. · Contributes virtually nothing in rates and taxes to the economy because it hides behind charity status. · Creates its own crises, advises politicians what to do, and is paid by the taxpayer to solve them - a "gravy train" ring. · Is responsible for increasing the environmentally damaging human footprint in wild places. · Is backed by a forestry authority and other government quangos that would be largely redundant if it wasn't for "conservation" - bureaucrats keeping themselves in jobs. · Promotes and allows blood sports on "reserves" that should be wildlife havens. All this while our country is descending into "third world" status at an alarming rate. The CON in conservation is there for all to see - for those who look closely enough. Angus Macmillan www.roots-of-blood.org.uk www.killhunting.org www.con-servation.org.uk All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
wrote in message ... snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
On 13/2/08 10:51, in article ,
"Mary Fisher" wrote: wrote in message ... snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary Attention encourages the outbursts. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:53 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: wrote in message .. . snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary What is not right about it - outburst or otherwise? Do you know any genuine "conservationist" organisations that don't qualify as fakes? If you do please let me know. Angus Macmillan www.roots-of-blood.org.uk www.killhunting.org www.con-servation.org.uk All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:53 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: wrote in message . .. snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary What is not right about it - outburst or otherwise? Do you know any genuine "conservationist" organisations that don't qualify as fakes? If you do please let me know. Yes I do - but this isn't the place for it and there's no point in a 'discussion' between those who hold strong opinions and refuse to see someone else's. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:51:25 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:53 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: wrote in message ... snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary What is not right about it - outburst or otherwise? Do you know any genuine "conservationist" organisations that don't qualify as fakes? If you do please let me know. Yes I do - but this isn't the place for it and there's no point in a 'discussion' between those who hold strong opinions and refuse to see someone else's. No need for a "discussion" just name one. Surely gardeners are interested in conserving the natural environment or is it all about growing thing artificially? Angus Macmillan www.roots-of-blood.org.uk www.killhunting.org www.con-servation.org.uk All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
As fake as a £9 note
wrote in message news On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:51:25 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:51:53 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: wrote in message m... snipped There, do you feel better after that little outburst? Mary What is not right about it - outburst or otherwise? Do you know any genuine "conservationist" organisations that don't qualify as fakes? If you do please let me know. Yes I do - but this isn't the place for it and there's no point in a 'discussion' between those who hold strong opinions and refuse to see someone else's. No need for a "discussion" just name one. Surely gardeners are interested in conserving the natural environment or is it all about growing thing artificially? YEs but if something is mentioned and then damed by someone else it does no good at all. That's my last word in this thread. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Do you have an estimate, in pounds money, of the size of the "conservation industry" you refer to. I bet it is rather small in comparison to the essential services you say are being sacrificed. In fact in relation to the value to society it provides, I rather suspect it is being underfunded. Never have we been wealthier. We can afford to spend some money reinstating our trashed environment, and it is good value for money. Whether it is well done is another matter, but then few things in the public sector are well done. Consumer goods are sold in teh high street. Public services are not, so it is a false comparison. Our country descending into 3rd world status? Never has the gap between us and the poorest nations been greater. Both the private economy and the public services are at much their highest point ever, and continue growing. We have migrated away from a 3rd world economy to a knowledge-based economy based on services and high value added manufactures, leaving the extractive and heavy industries in the third world. It is Australia that is the 3rd world economy with a 1st world life style. No, I'm not a politician nor an apologist for any particular interest group. Nonsense is also ridiculed and opposed, so Schopenhauer isn't much of a comfort. I suspect if you go back and look at the past, as you might these days through watching old TV programs on DVD, you'll discover that a lot of things were worse then; you just weren't as aware of the opportunities for doing better then. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
fake gator for pond? | Ponds | |||
fake snake to scare away birds? | Gardening | |||
Fake Garden Snake | Ponds | |||
Fake rocks | Ponds | |||
[IBC] fake rock | Bonsai |