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Re: FIRES
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 7 Dec 2002 14:39:21 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Melody Brown writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Stephen Hurn writes:
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> > > It's a shame our poor country has suffer such a loss like this (and others),
> > > nature wise, health, home and financially... It's even worse when arsonists
> > > are behind them :/
> >
> > It's a shame that environmentalists who don't know what they are talking
> > about pressure the government into banning backburning. The Aboriginals
> > used to backburn all the time precisely to avoid these kind of fires.
> > Without it, a lot of fuel is sitting there waiting to go up. Like it has
> > several times over the last 10 years. Prevention is better than cure. Pity
> > environmentalists are too short-sighted to see that.
> >
> > I'm going to stop now before I get angry...
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> Who are you getting angry with? if it is what I said above, then diddums, I
> was just feeling sorry for those who lost their homes or lives... I wouldn't
> wish it to be me!
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> I can understand back burning, but it is very difficult when you have asthma
> and trying to breathe, as a lot of back burning has been done in my area and
> around.
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> But if it's possible your anger isn't towards what I said, then fine!
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> Don't be too mad with people who do care about the environment though,
> without it we'll all be suffering some weird illness if not already! blah
> blah blah blah...
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> Mel (who just recently suffered a terrible asthma attack)
Hope you're feeling better...I know what Asthma can be like as my wife has
spent quite a while in hospital with asthma...at one stage for about a year
it was 1-8 nights in hospital every 6 weeks or so.
Benjamin Whytcross
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| (...) Who are you getting angry with? if it is what I said above, then diddums, I was just feeling sorry for those who lost their homes or lives... I wouldn't wish it to be me! I can understand back burning, but it is very difficult when you have (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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