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Who are they, and what do they really want?
I am curious to see what people get out of http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/may/32.52.html . I am also curious if these individuals are to be labeled terrorists as the current category reflects. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 19:58, 28 June 2007 (EDT)
I am curious to see what people get out of http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/may/32.52.html . I am also curious if these individuals are to be labeled terrorists as the current category reflects. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 19:58, 28 June 2007 (EDT)
==Definitions==
We need to distinguish among the various kinds of environmentalists. Some are conservationists. Other are "no-use" preservationists. Many (most?) are activists who are ''using'' environmental issues to advance social, political or economic agendas; this group is the hardest to describe, as they often don't want to be pinned down.
The general impression as that environmentalists "care about" the [[environment]], but this is often ambiguous. Do they care about it for itself, or for what it can do for human beings, or what? And is their concern genuine or fraudulent?
For example, is agitation to ban or restrict [[DDT]] based on genuine concern for ecological damage - or on fear that using DDT to reduce malaria deaths will lead to [[overpopulation]]? If it's the latter, then ''we'' should be up front about this, even if ''they'' are not. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 00:20, 6 July 2007 (EDT)