Herbert,

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:42:12 -0500, Herbert Graf wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 11:26 -0800, James Newton wrote:
> > But you are happy for your offspring to be exposed to coal fired generating
> > plant exaust and coal ash (which is radioactive)?
> > 
> > Or to live with less electricity and therefore less of a technological
> > advantage?
> > 
> > Or to be more dependant on foreign oil?
> 
> Here, here James. It seems people are so open to being afraid of the
> "badness" of nuclear, yet COMPLETELY IGNORE all the badness of all the
> other poisons we spew into the air/water/ground that our descendants
> will have to deal with.
> 
> I doubt very much they'll care WHICH poisons we are poisoning them with.

I think you've strayed from arguing against the argument, to criticising the person making the argument.  

I think this is wrong, especially in this place.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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