[Vision2020] Two Seperate Issues

[Henry D. "Hank" Johnston]

Betsy -

I didn't say I didn't care about the enviormental damage in Canada.  I think
every comment I've made on this issue is to the contrary.  It is a concern
and I do care.

But it can't weigh into the discussion about whether or not the loads can
legally travel on Idaho roads if they secure the proper permits.

HJ

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Betsy Dickow <betsyd at turbonet.com> wrote:

>  Henry,
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> This is a little bit like saying one shouldn’t care about genocide in
> Rwanda, Bosnia, the Middle East, concentration camps in WWII,
> starvation….because it doesn’t affect “me”…but it does,
>
> any human activity which harms others, should be of concern to all of us.
> That is what makes us decent human beings …that, and our ability to act and
> react in order to protect others.
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> Think about it a bit more.
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> Betsy Dickow
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> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Henry D. "Hank" Johnston
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 09, 2011 9:41 AM
> *To:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Two Seperate Issues
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> I see that we're not going to make any progress here on this Megaload issue
> because some people can't get over the end result.
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> I'm as concerned about the enviromental damage in Canada as many of you on
> this forum.  But those concerns cannot weigh into whether or not the permits
> are issued to move said loads through Moscow if the laws and rules exist for
> other loads of the same demensions (though not maybe owned by oil
> companies) to be permitted.
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> The basis of my opinion is about the megaloads themselves - height, weight,
> noise, damage to roadways, etc... all of which were deemed null issues by
> our police and fire chiefs and the road concern was deemed null by our city
> streets supervisor.  Such loads are also permittable under current Idaho
> law/admin rules.
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> Can anyone on this forum say that you would still be opposed to loads of
> this size if they were large solar panels or wind turbine equipment?  If
> you're opposed to the loads based on the size/noise/etc.. regardless
> of use then I respect and can see your point of view even though its
> different than mine.
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> But I won't engage in a discussion about whether or not we should be some
> sort of heros to the people of Canada by stopping these loads for their well
> being.  It is my position that its not Moscow's position to do so.
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> If that ends the discussion then so be it but all my opinions are now on
> the table.
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> ***
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> @ Joe - You're really hung up on this hippie thing and all I can say is get
> over it.  I've gotten over the fact you called me an offensive idiot.
>



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