Re:Last major primeval forest in Europe on 'brink of collapse'
by test6554 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:38AM
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The conclusion of "old things must be preserved" leads to a sticky wicket as you call it. Maybe it is the wrong conclusion. What if we started instead with a question: "What is the best use for this land" and then work out from there.
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Re:Last major primeval forest in Europe on 'brink of collapse'
by omginternets on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:36PM
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"When the sage points to the moon, the fool looks at his finger".
The argument is most assuredly not that "all old things must be preserved". Rather it's that this old thing should be preserved.
The fact that the forrest is old is incidental. It's only relevant because it explains that we can't just pull a new primeval forrest out of our asses.
But you knew this.