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From: jss@rochester.UUCP (Jon Stumpf)
Newsgroups: net.space,net.religion
Subject: Re: destroying planets?
Message-ID: <4443@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 14:51:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 16 14:51:14 1984
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Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept.
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	I have nothing against making the environment in which
    we live in (or an environment in which we WILL live in) more
    suitable for our existence within it, but I can not see any
    correlation between terraforming a planet and, let's say,
    weeding a garden.  Just because our race decides to colonize
    a planet does not give us the right to terraform it (since
    this would be to our benefit(?)). Because there is no intelligent(?)
    life on this planet to say, "What do you think your doing?",
    does not mean it is fine and dandy either.
	"Since it benefits me, it's ok" is not a good enough reason
    (to me) to play with something as delicate as a planets environment
    nor would I want someone with that attitude to make the decision
    to do so.  Like I said before, I have nothing against making the
    environment in which we live in more suitable for existence within
    it, but I think we should worry about our own environment for now
    before we start abusing another one.


			a concerned, spacebound observer,

					Jon S. Stumpf
					U. of Rochester
					rochester!jss