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Woods defenders are strapped into trees and locked into the ground,
to prevent Cornell from converting an historic woodlot into a 176-car
parking lot. They need Ithacans there NOW to witness police action.
Please bring a video camera if you have one. Please call a friend on
your way to the site: map at bottom of http://www.redbudwoods.org
(corner of University Ave and Lake St, just below Stewart Ave). TCAT
bus #10 climbs University Ave every 10 minutes (10-4) starting at
Seneca & Aurora.
For more information about Redbud Woods (featured in New York Times
6/7/05): http://www.redbudwoods.org Danny Perlstein dp89@cornell.edu
272-9635
There is nothing sustainable about cars and parking lots. Cornell
can become the first Ivy to make courageous choices to repair our
planet: http://www.sustainablecampus.cornell.ed
difficult directions is leadership at its best.
http://www.carfree.com This violence against the future is beneath
the university's dignity.
Contact Cornell's president president@cornell.edu President Lehman
resigned 6/11, citing differences with Cornell's trustees regarding
definitions of sustainability:
http://www.cornell.edu/stories/June05/P
Contact Cornell Provost Biddy Martin cam18@cornell.edu 255-2364
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July 15 2005, 15:20:36 UTC 6 years ago
If you want to save the world, be Norman Borlaug. Don't be a moron.
Anonymous
July 15 2005, 15:30:26 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 16:40:44 UTC 6 years ago
plus, it will only fuel their rebellion.
-aj
July 15 2005, 18:16:31 UTC 6 years ago
Making fun of them for their fallacies and foolishness, trying to protect a small group of trees for example, is much more fun. And autovatic makes a good point: there are some vastly more important issues out there that are much more worth getting upset over.
July 15 2005, 21:36:38 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 22:39:03 UTC 6 years ago
July 15 2005, 21:44:47 UTC 6 years ago
In other words, "Let me guess- you're a townie. You moved up here just so you could be that much closer to moosewood restaurant and grassroots festival and be able to protest cornell every other day of the week, didn't you?"
July 16 2005, 00:05:07 UTC 6 years ago
I wouldn't insult townies for being townies, because it would be eminent hypocrisy.
I insult stupid townies for being stupid, and I leave intelligent townies to their own actions.
I have the feeling that somebody's going to see that last statement and go, "you shouldn't insult; you should rationally discuss!" And I see their point, kind of. It's just that they're wrong. If someone's being stupid, the first part of converting them is to make them realize that they're being stupid. Trying to rationally debate with someone whose entire metaphysic differs from yours is near-impossible. Offering a down-to-earth smack upside the head straight from reality is a preferable alternative.
July 16 2005, 05:18:11 UTC 6 years ago
There are definitely better things to protest than a patch of trees. I take it we've moved on from the "wars" overseas, the environment, and using alternative energy. I would like to form a group that is for the parking lot, since it would allow Cornell to expand and help keep the in-town staff coming to work. It might be good excercise for people to walk down from A Lot of B Lot, but some townies aren't young anymore... like the old ladies that work at the dining halls. What about them? What about their rights? I'm sure if they could go out and cheer on the construction workers, they would!
This is seriously getting out of hand... Cornell is building the lot, and that's that.