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But Is It true?
by Glenn Woiceshyn
Published in the Globe and Mail (pg. B2) on Nov/21/1995.
Dear Editor,
Re: "But Is It True?"--letter by Jonathan Hackett--Nov/15/95--The Globe
and Mail
In the true spirit of ecological faith, Jonathan Hackett dismisses Prof. Wildavsky's
book, But Is It True? A Citizen's guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues,
as "silly" because it does not blindly accept the sky-is-falling doomsday
claims perpetrated by "environmentalists" over the past few decades.
I wonder what planet Mr. Hackett is from because there have been several books out
lately by reputable scientists debunking the so-called science behind environmentalist
claims.
The ecology crusaders preach an anti-human religion that worships pristine nature
as an intrinsic value and condemns virtually all human activity as harmful to the
gods of ecosystem integrity and biodiversity. It's an extreme form of original sin
designed to make all humans experience a fundamental guilt about their essential
nature -- the fact that reason is man's basic means of survival.
Sincerely,
Glenn Woiceshyn
© 1997 Glenn Woiceshyn. All rights reserved.
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