What "Embrace"?
7 July 2006
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Prompted by a blackout at her home in rural Vermont to step away from her computer and notice the star-filled sky, Cynthia Emerlye hopes "we will all wake up someday, break these electronic bonds and walk into the waiting embrace of Mother Nature" (Letters, July 7).
News flash: without the electronic and commercial bonds that Ms. Emerlye wants us to "break," her belly and mind would likely have been too empty, and her dwelling and body too filthy, for her to appreciate starlight. Without modernity, Mother Nature's arms offer us not an "embrace," but a death grip.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Prompted by a blackout at her home in rural Vermont to step away from her computer and notice the star-filled sky, Cynthia Emerlye hopes "we will all wake up someday, break these electronic bonds and walk into the waiting embrace of Mother Nature" (Letters, July 7).
News flash: without the electronic and commercial bonds that Ms. Emerlye wants us to "break," her belly and mind would likely have been too empty, and her dwelling and body too filthy, for her to appreciate starlight. Without modernity, Mother Nature's arms offer us not an "embrace," but a death grip.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Friday April 13, 2007 at 2:18pm