(June 17, 2013)
[Please include your first and last names, and your city and state of residence. Thank you.] On William Vogt and Population Control by Michael Barker To the Editor: Nothing covered here but what James Ridgeway said in his Politics of Ecology in the late 1960s. Vogt has been roundly scolded, mainly for his choice of words or examples. Ridgeway quotes Vogt: "...angry muttering mobs, like chomping peccaries..." Capitalism and population growth in my view are but flip sides of the same sorry record. As can be seen in capitalist spokespeople's scurvy delight in chiming in with pseudo-leftist critiques of neo-Malthusianism, ever a threat to their goal of selling more stuff to more people. A possible indication that both right and left burnish their views with a hoary sentimentality re: the glorious destiny of "the nation" or "our kind of people, but not theirs..." Tony Taylor Buston, Maine, USA - June 15, 2013 ********** On The Non-Drumbeaters And Non-Axe-Grinders by Gilles d'Aymery To the Editor: With a little effort you can find the original of William Styron's "Letter to an Editor" on the Web site of The Paris Review. It shows that not much has changed in the past 60 years but for the complexities of the modern world and the quality of our literature. Yes, "technology has moved on" and so have the challenges. Unfortunately, the ideologies have not. Old ideologies die hard. Everybody needs his bible. Regards, Darrell Johnson Tempe, Arizona, USA - June 11, 2013 ********** We appreciate and welcome your comments. Please, enter in the subject line of your e-mail "letter to the editor," and specify the article or the subject you are commenting on at the beginning of your e-mail. Also, ***PLEASE,*** sign your e-mail with your name ***AND*** add your city, state, country, address, and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Send your comments to the Editor. (Letters may be shortened and edited.) |