Editor:
A most disturbing article on the local owl dilemma by Zach St. George (“Shooting Owls,” Sept. 1)! As long as capitalism or even quasi-capitalism remains the paradigm, there is little hope for the natural world!!
Greed and profit rule supreme and assure the eventual destruction of most prime habitat for all native species. Then we opt for abominable band-aid solutions such as shooting competing species. Why not eliminate a few capitalists and see what that leaves us? Possibly a better future.
Erich Franz Schimps, Arcata
This article appears in Giants of Nonprofit.
I’m sure glad the NCJ prints veiled death-threats from nutters. Good job.
The troll (Anon-r-Mouse) feigns shock, but he used to boast about stalking me.
Notice, near the end of the thread, how he turns down my offer to meet.
Europe has more interest in retaining a capitalist economy.
They codified “precautionary principles” requiring that products and activities be proven safe before exposing the public. And they still invest in their human resources with universal health care, job programs and placement, education, minimum housing and food.
We ignore alternatives at great cost.