Re: E-M:/ global warming/population

["William Tobler" <williamtobler@critterswoods.org>]

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Enviro-Mich message from "William Tobler" <williamtobler@critterswoods.org>
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I agree and am fully aware of the problem.
Those of us who have expressed the population concern have been called 
racists before.
I personally live in an area with about 50% African-American in the 
immediate neighborhood, and I moved here being fully aware of the statistic.

All of my problems have been with my inconsiderate white neighbors.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Nooden" <ldnum@umich.edu>
To: <enviro-mich@great-lakes.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: E-M:/ global warming/population


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> Enviro-Mich message from Larry Nooden <ldnum@umich.edu>
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> I have waited deliberately to make an additional comment about  this 
> problem.
>
> Care should be taken not to allow the human population problem or 
> discussions of   this problem to be obfuscated with racial 
> politics/anxieties or highjacked for racial agendas on either side.
>
> There is a genuine environmental problem here, and it needs to be 
> addressed.
>
> --On Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:25 AM -0500 Larry Nooden 
> <ldnum@umich.edu> wrote:
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> > Just a reminder-  If anyone out there still thinks that the current human
> > population increases and transmigrations are sustainable, have a look at
> > this population graph from a major college biology text.
> >
> > <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ldnum/HumPoplnGr.10,000yrs.jpg>
> >
> > You would not believe how scientists have been attacked for even daring
> > to mention this issue.
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