On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:38:50 -0700, somebody wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote
>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:48:03 -0700, somebody wrote:
> 
>> > I don't care. A thousand years is as meaningless to me as 100 billion
>> > years.
> 
>> You don't think we owe it to future generations to leave them a
>> habitable planet?
> 
> No. I never signed a contractual agreement with future generations one
> way or the other. But more importantly, I won't exist after I die, much
> as I did not before I was born. It's superstitious to contemplate
> outside of one's existence. Future guilt is the modern day equivalent of
> original sin - both are religious nonsense.

I'm glad you're not making the policy decisions, then...

I have a kid, and I certainly want him to have a world to live in.  
That's not "religious nonsense", it's a known fact.

So similarly, you probably don't contribute to funds that help feed 
starving people, since it's "not your problem"?

Jim

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