Comments for Views of an Old Owl http://oldowl.wordpress.com An old woman observes the world around her Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Environment – Politicians should stop talking and start acting! by Charles Ott http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1955 Charles Ott Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:32:48 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1955 Easily, the article is actually the freshest on this laudable topic. I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your approaching updates. Saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the wonderful lucidity in your writing. I will at once grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Admirable work and much success in your business endeavors! Easily, the article is actually the freshest on this laudable topic. I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your approaching updates. Saying thanks will not just be adequate, for the wonderful lucidity in your writing. I will at once grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Admirable work and much success in your business endeavors!

]]> Comment on Saudi Debate – An interesting forum by Galryavaina http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/saudi-debate-an-interesting-forum/#comment-1954 Galryavaina Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:51:58 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/saudi-debate-an-interesting-forum/#comment-1954 I'm the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death... I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

]]> Comment on Environment – Politicians should stop talking and start acting! by oldowl http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1358 oldowl Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:42:29 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1358 Of course, the pollution problem is very complex, and I only took out two small aspects of the whole subject. Maybe, pollution is worse in the developing countries - but I am an inhabitant of an industrialised country, and I am talking of the part my own country is contributing to the problem. You are right, if in China and India the same proportion of people as in our countries - i.e. almost everybody - would drive a car - it would be the breakdown of our environment. But we cannot say to Indians and Chinese "Don't use cars!". It is we who must reduce car driving or design and use cars less nuseable to the environment; only then we can try to make this a standard worldwide. Cutting down and burning rain forest in South America for crops: This is just what I am talking of: Most of it are not food crops for the population, but crops transformed to food pellets food for mass animal breeding in Europe; e.g. Germany is importing more than 3 Million tons of Soja yearly from Brazil only. I am not talking of the sacred cows in India - where they are used for milk, leather, fuel, work on the farms and stroll around eating much of the waste in the townships, so even contributing to a cleaner environment. And I am not even talking of the cattle in the Sahel Zone of Africa, although they are a bigger problem, since they are not so much used for food but because a big cattle herd means prestige for the owner. What I am talking of is the mass animal breeding in my country, where meat has become much cheaper than vegetable - and this is absurd! Of course, the pollution problem is very complex, and I only took out two small aspects of the whole subject.
Maybe, pollution is worse in the developing countries – but I am an inhabitant of an industrialised country, and I am talking of the part my own country is contributing to the problem.
You are right, if in China and India the same proportion of people as in our countries – i.e. almost everybody – would drive a car – it would be the breakdown of our environment. But we cannot say to Indians and Chinese “Don’t use cars!”. It is we who must reduce car driving or design and use cars less nuseable to the environment; only then we can try to make this a standard worldwide.
Cutting down and burning rain forest in South America for crops: This is just what I am talking of: Most of it are not food crops for the population, but crops transformed to food pellets food for mass animal breeding in Europe; e.g. Germany is importing more than 3 Million tons of Soja yearly from Brazil only.
I am not talking of the sacred cows in India – where they are used for milk, leather, fuel, work on the farms and stroll around eating much of the waste in the townships, so even contributing to a cleaner environment. And I am not even talking of the cattle in the Sahel Zone of Africa, although they are a bigger problem, since they are not so much used for food but because a big cattle herd means prestige for the owner. What I am talking of is the mass animal breeding in my country, where meat has become much cheaper than vegetable – and this is absurd!

]]> Comment on Environment – Politicians should stop talking and start acting! by waltzingaustralia http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1351 waltzingaustralia Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:47:38 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/environment-politicians-should-stop-talking-and-start-acting/#comment-1351 Actually, pollution is MUCH worse in the developing countries. And in countries like China and India, where populations top 1.5 billion, if only 10 percent of the people drive cars, that's vastly more cars than in the entire U.S. And I've traveled in many of those developing nations, and the cattle are primarily for local use -- unless you're in India, where they are sacred. Will you take the sacred cows away from the Hindus? And have you ever been to China? The pollution is staggering -- so bad you can't see most cities from satellites -- even without many cars. Or have you traveled in South America, where growing crops means cutting down and burning rain forest. (And where burning the grasslands each spring puts twice the particulate matter into the air of the explosion of Mt. St. Helen's.) So yes, there is a problem, but nothing you're suggesting addresses the real causes. Your desire to save the planet is admirable, but you need to look at the real problem and the real causes -- and then try to think of what you're going to tell the rising middle classes in all those developing countries when they want to drive cars. The problem is not as easy as you seem to think. Actually, pollution is MUCH worse in the developing countries. And in countries like China and India, where populations top 1.5 billion, if only 10 percent of the people drive cars, that’s vastly more cars than in the entire U.S. And I’ve traveled in many of those developing nations, and the cattle are primarily for local use — unless you’re in India, where they are sacred. Will you take the sacred cows away from the Hindus? And have you ever been to China? The pollution is staggering — so bad you can’t see most cities from satellites — even without many cars. Or have you traveled in South America, where growing crops means cutting down and burning rain forest. (And where burning the grasslands each spring puts twice the particulate matter into the air of the explosion of Mt. St. Helen’s.)

So yes, there is a problem, but nothing you’re suggesting addresses the real causes. Your desire to save the planet is admirable, but you need to look at the real problem and the real causes — and then try to think of what you’re going to tell the rising middle classes in all those developing countries when they want to drive cars.

The problem is not as easy as you seem to think.

]]> Comment on The EU Constitution and Peace by oldowl http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/the-eu-constitution-and-peace/#comment-664 oldowl Tue, 29 May 2007 13:57:05 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/the-eu-constitution-and-peace/#comment-664 Thank you, Mawaasesned, you are the best of all! I will show the text from 2004 to the man who told me "An Friedensgruppen im Ausland läuft nicht viel". Oldowl = eule70 Thank you, Mawaasesned, you are the best of all! I will show the text from 2004 to the man who told me “An Friedensgruppen im Ausland läuft nicht viel”.
Oldowl = eule70

]]> Comment on The EU Constitution and Peace by Mawaasesned http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/the-eu-constitution-and-peace/#comment-662 Mawaasesned Mon, 28 May 2007 22:20:50 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/the-eu-constitution-and-peace/#comment-662 Hi old owl, look at this post from 2004: http://www.friedenskooperative.de/ff/ff04/4-41.htm and at this post on wikipedia.de: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensbewegung#Friedensbewegung_seit_2003.2F2004 Seems as if the German public just did not take much notice of the discussion that really took place within Europe, especially in the BeNeLux and in France. The European peace movement at least tried to do something together... Hi old owl,

look at this post from 2004: http://www.friedenskooperative.de/ff/ff04/4-41.htm
and at this post on wikipedia.de:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensbewegung#Friedensbewegung_seit_2003.2F2004

Seems as if the German public just did not take much notice of the discussion that really took place within Europe, especially in the BeNeLux and in France.

The European peace movement at least tried to do something together…

]]> Comment on Schalom 5767 – German Jews interfere for peace between Israel and Palestine by oldowl http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/schalom-5657-german-jews-interfere-for-peace-between-israel-and-palestine/#comment-15 oldowl Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:14:26 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/schalom-5657-german-jews-interfere-for-peace-between-israel-and-palestine/#comment-15 Unfortunately, I cannot open the link "You can read it here". I looked through the archive of your blog of the last 3 months, but found nothing on the subject except of your post concerning Qatar. Is that what you mean? I would like to know. As for the position of Germany towards Israel: It has become rather common that, whenever you criticise Israeli politics, you are called an Antisemite. That's why I am so happy that it is Jews who started this initiative. On my German blog (see sidebar), I posted the same information about Schalom 5767, got some comments, and some people published it on their own blogs. But the last comment was: "The enthousiastic interest in this action shows the antisemitism in Germany". I asked the man if he thinks that these Jews are antisemitics, and that antisemitics would just join these Jews. For me, the crucial thing to achieve peace there is water. See my post "If Israel wants peace, she must settle the water issue" of August 14. Unfortunately, I cannot open the link “You can read it here”. I looked through the archive of your blog of the last 3 months, but found nothing on the subject except of your post concerning Qatar. Is that what you mean? I would like to know.

As for the position of Germany towards Israel: It has become rather common that, whenever you criticise Israeli politics, you are called an Antisemite. That’s why I am so happy that it is Jews who started this initiative. On my German blog (see sidebar), I posted the same information about Schalom 5767, got some comments, and some people published it on their own blogs. But the last comment was: “The enthousiastic interest in this action shows the antisemitism in Germany”. I asked the man if he thinks that these Jews are antisemitics, and that antisemitics would just join these Jews.

For me, the crucial thing to achieve peace there is water. See my post “If Israel wants peace, she must settle the water issue” of August 14.

]]> Comment on Schalom 5767 – German Jews interfere for peace between Israel and Palestine by Peter N http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/schalom-5657-german-jews-interfere-for-peace-between-israel-and-palestine/#comment-14 Peter N Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:03:57 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/schalom-5657-german-jews-interfere-for-peace-between-israel-and-palestine/#comment-14 Isn't Germany's reluctance to criticize Israel related to the delicate relationship historically? Politicians of Germany don't want headlines in Israeli media saying Germany is against the cause of Israel. Anyway, I support the initiative. I actually have a suggestion as to how a peaceful solution might be reached. <a>You can read it here.</a> Isn’t Germany’s reluctance to criticize Israel related to the delicate relationship historically? Politicians of Germany don’t want headlines in Israeli media saying Germany is against the cause of Israel. Anyway, I support the initiative. I actually have a suggestion as to how a peaceful solution might be reached. You can read it here.

]]> Comment on The Near East Conflict and my own life by oldowl http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/the-near-east-conflict-and-my-own-life/#comment-3 oldowl Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:59:10 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/the-near-east-conflict-and-my-own-life/#comment-3 Danke, leider noch kein Feedback! Danke, leider noch kein Feedback!

]]> Comment on The Near East Conflict and my own life by Claudia Kilian http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/the-near-east-conflict-and-my-own-life/#comment-2 Claudia Kilian Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:41:40 +0000 http://oldowl.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/the-near-east-conflict-and-my-own-life/#comment-2 Ich habe dein neues Blog gefunden und wünsche dir viel Erfolg beim bloggen in neuer Umgebung! Ich habe dein neues Blog gefunden und wünsche dir viel Erfolg beim bloggen in neuer Umgebung!

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