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Re: FW: [RC] How tree hugging hurts the environment - Milroy GrosseAngie Maybe I misunderstood your post. But, if you think riding horses is the natural state of the planet I would beg to differ. And if you think that asking a horse to go 50 miles in less than 12 hours is not showing dominion over animals I also beg to differ. Natural horses are doing well to do that distance in 24 hours, and you said you put shoes on your horse....well that certainly is not natural and aren't you showing dominance by making that horse wear shoes (which I don't care if you shoe or not....I'm just saying). I fully agree with the fact that unchecked industrialization is detrimental to the environment and it is our responsibility as part of the "natural state of the planet" to replace what we take or only take what we need. But if you truly believe what you just wrote how can you not live in a constant state of hypocrisy. You live in a
house, you have some form of artificial heat, you might have air condition (or not), you must drive a car, you must wear clothes, you use the Internet and you ride horses.....NONE of these things are truly natural, right? Let's face it, most of us can no longer live like our Native Americans did. They had the market on the natural state of things. And even THEY did not RIDE horses until the "industrialized" or "civilized" people came (bringing the horse with them). But even the Indians, the true naturalist saw the utility of man dominating beast (that's what it is the minute you swing your leg over that horse back, or ask that horse to pull something or do anything else it was not born to do). The difference is they were more responsible about it. And I don't think that to be an environmentalist you need to be a "tree hugger". I think that you can love nature and do what you can to preserve nature but be realistic. I don't think any one on this forum would want to see the environment threatened in any way. There are just a lot of different opinions about how the environment can be utilized and respected at the same time. And now we are REALLY off topic so I am going sign off until I have an endurance related question.
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