tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543652813050186080.post445873477022148465..comments2023-09-13T01:04:52.266-07:00Comments on THE WRENCH : Community Rights or Games of Thrones? Response to Thomas Linzey, the Community Environmental Legal Defense FundWendy Lynne Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591185266607991768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543652813050186080.post-1108636490430593892015-10-19T11:32:24.093-07:002015-10-19T11:32:24.093-07:00I think you have done CELDF a great service by tak...I think you have done CELDF a great service by taking the trouble to point out these contradictions in their arguments. Well stated and very much worth their while to consider seriously, debate and resolve for future declarations.<br /><br />Your piece also reveals that we are plummeting rapidly into a state of non-governance wherein the members of the state become administrators for the wealthy power interests. Look at Mexico. Corruption exists not as some inherent, genetic trait of Mexicans, but as a mechanism for economic and power re-distribution. Who benefits from social chaos? Well managed, and with the aid of a merciless militarized arm, capital benefits, at least in the short term. Corruption is the mechanism that leads to the collapse of the legal system, to the structures that stand between the marauders and the common good. When the people themselves begin to doubt the reign of Law in any capacity, chaos is soon to appear. Monsanto, Halliburton and the Mennonite farmers have all benefited from corruption, even though they fail to recognize the trait residing within themselves. Trump´s endless and idiotic diatribe against Mexicans is nothing more than scapegoating for votes based on the fundamental denial of the power differential that has plunged Mexico into the greatest political crisis of its recent history and has made the United States billions of dollars of profit on the backs of others. It´s perverse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620157524123298413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543652813050186080.post-14545615832133281562015-08-24T04:40:38.809-07:002015-08-24T04:40:38.809-07:00HI Michael,
Thank you for your comment. Indeed, I...HI Michael,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. Indeed, I include reference to the rights and welfare of nonhuman animals in most of my work. The thing is with CELDF is that I have tried (and tried!) to raise these very issues with them directly--to open the door to this conversation (and it's really just the tip of this philosophical/practical/moral/political iceberg) with them before I left the Community Rights Network--but to no avail. These are not trivial issues--communities can define themselves in many many ways--and some of them are deeply harmful to their members. The answer I have generally received is that the value of equality will win out--but I find that unconvincing since there appears to be no mechanism internal or external to insure it.<br /><br />Wendy Lynne LeeWendy Lynne Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591185266607991768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543652813050186080.post-20366188455958603382015-08-23T15:08:40.513-07:002015-08-23T15:08:40.513-07:00I'm glad you included discussion of nonhumans ...I'm glad you included discussion of nonhumans in your piece - often overlooked. What are we if our community doesn't include the air we breathe and water we drink, etc. I've struggled with CELDF's, I think, utopian notions of community. Too many of the communities I'm aware of are more NIMBY than enlightened protectors.Michael Bagdes-Canninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18347120021250674087noreply@blogger.com