David,
how do you know that the "whiners" just take one look? Is it because their look
doesn't match your look? Or is it because your look is a n-times look and
therefore you see what you see? Or is it because it's a matter of the viewpoint
how we see things and your viewpoint is incompatible with others' viewpoint?
There's one thing I learned in life and that is: don't trust your viewpoint
because that's a very special one which nobody else shares because it's mine.
The beauty of meeting people and sharing discussions lies in the fact that we
are confronted with other than our viewpoints. We may not like them, but
they're out there. And fortunately, they are there because otherwise we would
end in an Eberhard's or a David's world which would be pretty boring for
ourselves and the rest of the 5+ billion inhabitants of this planet.
Take care.
Eberhard Wenzel MA PhD
Griffith University
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Nathan, Qld. 4111
Australia
Tel.: 61-7-3875 7103
Fax: 61-7-3875 7459
e-mail: e.wenzel@ens.gu.edu.au
http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/eberhard/welcome.htm
In fact, safety has no place anywhere. Everything that's fun in life
is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt
to design a safe horse and the result is a cow (an appalling animal
to watch at the trotters.) And everything that isn't fun is dangerous too.
It is impossible to be alive and safe. P.J. O'Rourke