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| Mo3 wrote:
| I appreciated this article more than I would've assumed. They are
| right, we tend to focus too much on failures and problems and
| forget about honoring success.
| afry1 wrote:
| One fact from this saga to boggle the mind: a big reason that the
| international treaties on ozone-harmful chemicals succeeded was
| because Ronald Reagan, president at the time, had skin cancer
| removed from his nose right around the time that studies on ozone
| layer depletion were coming out.
|
| The issue was low priority for him and his administration, but
| the fact that he had personally suffered from the effects of
| excessive UV made it personal for him, and so he eventually
| pushed for action.
| buzzdenver wrote:
| Same hypocrisy with supporting stem cell research after Reagan
| was diagnosed with Alzheimers, but opposing first. Or the
| Cheneys' attitudes towards same sex marriage after one of their
| daughters came out as lesbian.
| sonicggg wrote:
| What a presumptuous article. What exactly have we "fixed"? We
| simply stopped destroying it, and nature took care of the rest.
|
| If I stop causing a recurrent issue that is all my own fault
| anyway, should I go ahead and pat myself on the back?
|
| This is almost akin to a murderer saying that he saved a person
| by practicing self-control.
| headsoup wrote:
| This is the key point of the whole article I think, and why
| anything changed at all:
|
| > DuPont's patent on CFC technologies had expired.
|
| It is good to celebrate success, but it would be nicer if large
| industries had a track record of integrity and empathy on
| decisions that affect humanity negatively.
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