From: Steyr@yabbs
To: Typhon@yabbs
Subject: re: Fires
Date: Wed Aug 10 20:21:38 1994

Yeah Typhon, that sounds pretty right to me (about OZ having some of the 
worst fires in the world).  But we don't have forest fires or brush fires. 
 We call them bush fires.  :)

Although I know some places in America have fires as bad as what we have.

As for greenies (tree huggers), most of the ones we have hereare more 
interested in attending protests and stuff just for something to do than 
out of a serious concern for the welfare of the bush.  They think "Wow, if 
I go chain myself to the front of a bulldozer, I might get my face on TV".

Logging is a NECESSARY evil I think.  Sure, it has it's bad effects, but 
we sure couldn't get by without it either.

My advice to greenies is to a) get a haircut, b) get a job,  and c) get a 
life.  If they are seriously concerned about the bush, there are much 
better ways of going about it's conservation than protests in loggin 
areas.  We get a lot of that out here, and the interesting thing is, the 
state the greenines leave the place in is attrocious !  Incredible amounts 
of rubbish and litter left laying about the place.

                                Steyr