OT: rant about trees and pubic hair... (was Re: Welcome to Scotland)

[Rob Cozens]

Moi:

>The "benefits" of economic development were dramatically illustrated 
>in a (LINK TV?) television documentary about the homecoming journey 
>of several families from New Zealand to their native island home 
>(Tuvi?, Tuval?) to show their children their roots.

I found this in my Quotes folder:

>"[T]he international community would require us to prove to them 
>that the climate change is adversely affecting us and what impacts 
>it might have on our economics and what steps can be taken by us 
>before they might consider to act.  This is arrogance at its 
>worst....  We are where we are because of the excessive consumption 
>needs and greed of the developed and more powerful countries.  They, 
>the developed countries, must accept their responsibility and take 
>the consequences of their actions on others more seriously."
>
>  -- Bikenibeu Paeniu, Prime Minister of the atoll nation of Tuvalu, 1998

Could the island in the documentary be Tuvalu?  If so, I find the 
reference to "excessive consumption" to be quite ironic...and strong 
testimony to the power of money addiction.

Rob Cozens, Staff Conservator
Mendonoma Marine Life Conservancy

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
  Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

  from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)