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15. Welcome to DU, 12ZTR!

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 02:55 PM

Nov 2013

Good to have you with us! Funny - you're saying that. I find myself thinking that same thing. Remember that show that I think was on the History Channel or Nat GEO some such thing - something like "After Man" or some such. And it hypothesized about how the planet would fare if humans were wiped off the face of it. It saddened me to realize that deep down inside, I watched that show and thought about the many different reasons that might be a good thing. Sometimes it just makes me cringe to think what we and our reckless, shortsighted, cavalier attitudes are doing to this planet.

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Welcome to DU, 12ZTR! calimary Nov 2013 #15

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Sad. And true. I still reference Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land." calimary Nov 2013 #48

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Yeah, no kidding, IrishAyes! Just ICK-making. calimary Nov 2013 #50

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