I just read Ishmael and found it thought provoking in many ways. The central tenet seems to be that Taker culture, in its present course, has harmed and will eventually destroy the environment. I am familiar with much of the literature that supports this apocalyptic vision. However, I find Bjorn Lomborg’s book Skeptical Environmentalist, in which he discredits much of this premise, to be quite credible. My own research and observations put me in varying degrees of agreement with Lomborg. Do you have any comment on Lomborg’s research and have you considered the possibility that your assertions of imminent environmental destruction are exaggerated or simply false? Categories: I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Extinctions, Political Correctness, Population Control| Read More
The Makaw tribe of the American Northwest is trying to return to their traditional life, resuming their hunt of the gray whale, but are opposed by all sorts of interest groups who think this shouldn’t happen. What’s your opinion of this? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?|Tags: Animals & Animal Rights, Anthropology, Extinctions, Hunting, Leavers & Takers, Political Correctness| Read More
If the taker culture has strayed away from the way the gods purposed it to be, why don’t the gods do anything about it? For instance, why don’t the gods destroy those who don’t “live in their hands”? Or are they merely waiting for the takers to destroy themselves? Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Extinctions, Famine, Religion| Read More
If man’s appearance on earth was no more significant than the jellyfish, as per Ishmael, than what is the significance of the possibility of the disappearance of man and or the jellyfish? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Bone to Pick with You!|Tags: Evolution, Extinctions, Quinn's Motivations| Read More
Yes, but how are the strategies proposed in Beyond Civilization supposed to eliminate pollution, overpopulation, crime, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, poverty, police brutality, political corruption, racism, child abuse, violence against women, homophobia, pornography, violence in film and music, exploitation of the elderly, date rape, judicial malfeasance, insider trading, road rage, and media bias? Categories: I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Agriculture, Animals & Animal Rights, Beyond Civilization, Birth Control, Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Famine, Hunting, Leavers & Takers, Medicine, Priorities, Religion, Revolution, Technology| Read More
OK, I understand that there are biological mechanisms that are inherent in species that allow them (via instinct, not awareness) to keep their populations at levels that tie in with the availability of their food supply. But what about the notion that humans can consciously choose to have or not have children as a way of population control? I contend that if we don’t use conscious awareness as a means of limiting our population, the mechanisms that other animals use (ie, those animals who do not have the same level of conscious awareness as humans) may not work or be enough. Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Birth Control, Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Famine, Population Control, Revolution| Read More
Do we never resort to battle? I mean, if the last two Ibex are standing in the last unplowed field and are about to be shot, and all attempts at mind change have failed; what do we do? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animals & Animal Rights, Animism, Deep Ecology, Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Revolution| Read More
I would like to know Mr. Quinn’s thoughts regarding the Y2k computer “millennium bug.” To some experts, this could be the worst problem of the century and maybe of human history. Could this be one of the signals, that nobody can neglect, as the Takers’ culture collapses? If it happens, would it help to start a new vision of the world? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Revolution, Technology| Read More
I think you there may be a problem with tracing it all to “totalitarian agriculture”. It is really “pure totalitarianism”, which has been called “original sin” or “hubris” by Christian theologians. And while you may be right in saying that our civilization believes that God placed humanity on earth to CONQUER it, you are wrong in implying that this is a Christian position. Christians believe that we are placed here as STEWARDS, not conquerors. Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?|Tags: Christian, Extinctions, Religion| Read More
Can you point me in the right direction to read/study further on “how ancient civilizations came to be abandoned”? I am interested to know if there is any evidence that the people of any those abandoned vehicles were able to get out safely. Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Anthropology, Extinctions, Leavers & Takers, Revolution| Read More
