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Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by serf »

csh0 wrote: post #8
jameskilton wrote: post #5

I mean I can't have much sympathy here, it's Texas. They voted for this.

Texas is not a monolith. The people who are decrying this action are local conservation groups and activists. These are not necessarily the same people who voted to put the current administration in power. To simply write this off as “they deserve it” would be a mistake, and is unproductive.

Great, I'm glad we settled this once and for all this so that I don't have to shoulder any more blame from Europeans about trump being president.

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by mrits »

snowwrestler wrote: post #6
mrits wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The administration is preparing to blast hundreds of miles of destructive roads through the wildest place left in Texas and cut off public access to the Rio Grande, all to enrich private contractors." I think anyone on either side of this opinion could have made a better complaint than what they came up with. It sounds like they are upset with the idea of roads in general.

They are; the whole idea of a national park is to have a minimum of roads so that natural splendor is preserved.

Natural splendor includes forest fires and suffering animals. This line of thinking didn't work out so well for Australia

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by tweetle_beetle »

mrits wrote: post #12
snowwrestler wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are; the whole idea of a national park is to have a minimum of roads so that natural splendor is preserved.

Natural splendor includes forest fires and suffering animals. This line of thinking didn't work out so well for Australia

Animals in Australia are suffering due to a lack of automobile infrastructure?

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by mrits »

tweetle_beetle wrote: post #13
mrits wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Natural splendor includes forest fires and suffering animals. This line of thinking didn't work out so well for Australia

Animals in Australia are suffering due to a lack of automobile infrastructure?

Yes

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by snowwrestler »

mrits wrote: post #12
snowwrestler wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are; the whole idea of a national park is to have a minimum of roads so that natural splendor is preserved.

Natural splendor includes forest fires and suffering animals. This line of thinking didn't work out so well for Australia

> Natural splendor includes forest fires and suffering animals.

Correct

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by bdcravens »

jameskilton wrote: post #5

I mean I can't have much sympathy here, it's Texas. They voted for this.

A majority did, but Texas isn't unified politically. There's actually more blue voters in Texas than in many "blue" states. (And the inverse is true in California)

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by bdcravens »

bombas wrote: post #9
mapt wrote: post #7

Will Mexico be paying for us to destroy this national park? If not, why not?

You are joking…right?

It's satire, because this is an expansion of the border wall.

"....the Trump administration's plans to expand the president's border wall across one of the country's most remote national parks."

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by frankharv »

jameskilton wrote: post #5

I mean I can't have much sympathy here, it's Texas. They voted for this.

The article said 10,000 people Illegally Crossed the border in this region.

Its not the VOTERS fault foreigners do not use border entry points.

We had a system of immigration that was abused by foreigners and now it has stopped.

Re: Bulldozers Plow Through Big Bend National Park, Sparking Fury in Texas

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Post by goatlover »

mrits wrote: post #14
tweetle_beetle wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Animals in Australia are suffering due to a lack of automobile infrastructure?

Yes

So what did the animals in Australia do for millions of years before human roads?
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