Self-eval, Wildlife Issues

Chris Kawecki
Concluding Remarks
Wildlife Issues in Agricultural Development
December 1992

	Ray Coppinger/The Times They Are A-Changin: I am very glad I
found my way into this course. Though some class periods,
especially at the beginning of the semester, may have seemed to
be going over much of what I felt I already knew, there are many
grand themes I doubt I would have ever encountered- at least for
some time if ever. I find many of the ideas presented to be
interesting, especially because most of them are right. Whereas I
previously thought that agricultural short-sightedness was a
relatively easily solved problem compared to the economic debt, I
grow increasingly weary of this stance. Ten thousand years ago
there was a glacier and some rock on this land. That it could
progess to the state it is in now in such a short period of time
is amazing- yet I realize now that we can ill afford even a mere
two thousand years to revitalize what can take from the soil in a
few hundred or less.
	Freewheelin: Perhaps the most interesting thing I have
gained from Ray this term is his intruiging refutation of
vegetarianism, peculiar becuase it seems to rely on (among
numerous reasonable arguments) a to-me-foreign notion that higher
populations are good. I hold no illusion that reproductive
success of domesticated animals means little to me apart from
them being a food source. In other words, I am selfish enough
that I only consider the happiness of the human race in my Grand
Plan. I eat from whichever line is shortest, and can thank this
class as a basis for saying that as of now, each thing I eat will
contribute to the degredation of the agricultural base we have.
	Another Side: It seems increasingly reasonable to me next to
take a course in organic chemistry to begin to realize on a
different level the balance of nutrients so that I can take
advantage of that increase in possible theories.
	Bringing It All Back Home: It is altogether a relief of
sorts to realize now (again) that scientific rationalism is not
only sufficient but necessary for humans, if we are to live in
any prosperity for any time to come. On the other hand, it is
rather disappointing to realize how little of that is now
even seriously considered.
	Blood on the Tracks: In light of realizing how little
scientific realism is considered in the decisions made in
this population, we must forge a new Party to enlighten those
enlightenable and derail the apparatus of those who would stall
our task.
	Slow Train Coming: What is to be done is that we must build
our own Party, the vehicle for revolution, infuriate and
enlighten the exploited.
	Desire: Soils of the world, unite!