[Powderworks] Golf?
Geoffrey Holland
geoff13@shaw.ca
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:15:21 -0800
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Another point I can make about golf course. Many courses in the last 20 years or so have been built on totally reclaimed land such as old landfills and quarries. Would you rather see a huge stinking pile of garbage or a safely built properly constructed golf course that adds to the beauty of the area and creates jobs?
Geoffrey
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From: Bawolski@aol.com
To: kate@dnki.net ; powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Golf?
In a message dated 3/20/2002 9:04:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, kate@dnki.net writes:
I'm a little disillusioned from the human rights standpoint as well as the
environmental damage angle. In developing nations, small farmers are
forcibly run off their lands with little or no compensation to build golf
courses that feed no one. Then their daughters are essentially
economically enslaved as "caddies", who not only cart the bags, but are
obliged to end each round with a hole in one, as it were.
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a golfer, I've played a few times (never had
a caddy though), but I don't understand your logic here. What you describe is a
terrible thing, obviously. But does that make golf evil? Is the game of golf the
oppressor of these people? What if they were taking these farmers land and
building rock and roll concert halls. Would I be participating in something evil
by going to see the Oils tomorrow night?
Mike
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another point I can make about golf course. Many
courses in the last 20 years or so have been built on totally reclaimed land
such as old landfills and quarries. Would you rather see a huge stinking pile of
garbage or a safely built properly constructed golf course that adds to the
beauty of the area and creates jobs?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Geoffrey</FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 3/20/2002 9:04:00 AM Pacific Standard
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TYPE="CITE">I'm a little disillusioned from the human rights standpoint as
well as the <BR>environmental damage angle. In developing nations,
small farmers are <BR>forcibly run off their lands with little or no
compensation to build golf <BR>courses that feed no one. Then their
daughters are essentially <BR>economically enslaved as "caddies", who not
only cart the bags, but are <BR>obliged to end each round with a hole in
one, as it were.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I'll preface this by saying that I'm
not a golfer, I've played a few times (never had<BR>a caddy though), but I
don't understand your logic here. What you describe is a<BR>terrible
thing, obviously. But does that make golf evil? Is the game of
golf the <BR>oppressor of these people? What if they were taking these
farmers land and <BR>building rock and roll concert halls. Would I be
participating in something evil<BR>by going to see the Oils tomorrow
night?<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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