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- From: afong@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Krell Kraver)
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- Subject: Re: Sheep in Organizations
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- Date: 1 Jan 93 18:35:32 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.194319.1@acad3.alaska.edu> <57990@dime.cs.umass.edu> <1992Dec23.163445.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec23.163445.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
- >In article <57990@dime.cs.umass.edu>, yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec22.194319.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
- >>>I have lived in Alaska for the last 22+ years and I don't appreciate anyone
- >>>telling me or my friends what to do or what we can do with our land..
- >>
- >> It's *our* land, bud. Belongs to the people of the USA, not to you. If you
- >> want a handout, go to the welfare office.
- >>
- >Wrong bud, the lands of Alaska belong to the citizens of Alaska, which I just
- >happen to be a member.. Only reason why you all the FED own any land here is
-
- This is childish and selfish. Whatever the current laws are, the US
- government PURCHASED Alaska with the TAXPAYERS money. Thus it
- belongs to all Americans.
-
- The reason the government has to control the use of the land is
- because there are enough idiots in America to do considerable
- damage. There are those who don't see a need for trees. There are
- those who do environmentally conscious things only because they are
- _forced_ to. If there was no control, your prestine Alaska would be
- nothing more than an oil field for Exxon.
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