Helen wrote:

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You, for instance, probably feel that some environmental issues are not negotiable.

I can't think of any, right now. Of course, I think we're going to have a tremendous man-made natural disaster do to our lack of environmental concern, but that's our species' tough luck

That's also other species' tough luck, unfortunately. We're not the only ones inhabiting this planet, remember? The problem is, the others can't vote.

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