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I'm literally heading out in an hour on a four-day long trip, but I
just wanted to clarify something here.<br>
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On 06/09/2011 08:40 AM, Art Deco wrote:
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<div><font size="2">The Henry Johnsons and people of similar ilk
who say of the oil sands projects "It is not my business, I
don't live there" and do nothing are not much different from
those who would ignore a child with gasoline and matches. Due
to the blasé ignorance and arrogance of the pro-megaloaders,
the eminent danger of the oil sands projects is not so
temporally and visibly near as a field fire, but in the long
run the oil sands projects are much more likely to have long
range, wide spread, extremely adverse impacts than a child
dying and a neighborhood being destroyed in a field fire.</font></div>
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I don't know about Henry, but I'm not saying "it's not my business,
I don't live there" about the oil sands project. I'm saying that it
should have nothing to do with whether or not we allow megaloads to
travel our highways. In the same vein, the waiter at Starbucks
should not refuse to sell coffee to the people driving the trucks
and the local motels should not refuse to allow them to stay there,
all in the name of saving the people affected by the Kearl oil sands
project.<br>
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I'm all for everyone here going to the Imperial Oil main offices and
protesting what they are doing. I just don't think that trying to
stop them from moving down the road merely because the chance to do
so has fallen into our laps is the right thing to do. If they fail
the permit process, fine. But to restrict their movements only
because they are an evil corporation goes against the idea of public
highways in the first place. Open that door, and you'll regret it.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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