Comments on: Reclamation http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/ A miscellany on politics and culture by Ian Garrick Mason Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:43:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Memories of the natural world « Archipelagoes http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Memories of the natural world « Archipelagoes Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:46:49 +0000 http://iangarrickmason.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/reclamation/#comment-11 [...] The ongoing interplay between man and nature occasionally throws up an oddity. In the usual course of things, cities and farmlands spread inexorably, fundamentally distorting (where not destroying outright) the ecosystems they encounter. Far less frequently, it is mankind who retreats – leaving concrete bunkers behind after a war, for example, which soon enough become overgrown and inhabited by wild cats and bats (see my post on Germany’s Westwall here). [...] [...] The ongoing interplay between man and nature occasionally throws up an oddity. In the usual course of things, cities and farmlands spread inexorably, fundamentally distorting (where not destroying outright) the ecosystems they encounter. Far less frequently, it is mankind who retreats – leaving concrete bunkers behind after a war, for example, which soon enough become overgrown and inhabited by wild cats and bats (see my post on Germany’s Westwall here). [...]

]]> By: almostinfamous http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/comment-page-1/#comment-10 almostinfamous Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:46:04 +0000 http://iangarrickmason.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/reclamation/#comment-10 sounds downright keynesian, doesn't it? :) sounds downright keynesian, doesn’t it?
:)

]]> By: samuraiblogger http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/comment-page-1/#comment-9 samuraiblogger Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:35:22 +0000 http://iangarrickmason.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/reclamation/#comment-9 Maybe Hayao Miyazaki should make a movie out of all this someday...he's the only one who can pull it off. Maybe Hayao Miyazaki should make a movie out of all this someday…he’s the only one who can pull it off.

]]> By: Ian Mason http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Ian Mason Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:43:40 +0000 http://iangarrickmason.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/reclamation/#comment-8 More than a line, though -- a great & glorious Carlin rant. Thanks for mentioning it, as I hadn't heard that monologue before. He's got a point, too. Well, at geological timescales, at least... - Ian More than a line, though — a great & glorious Carlin rant. Thanks for mentioning it, as I hadn’t heard that monologue before.

He’s got a point, too. Well, at geological timescales, at least…

- Ian

]]> By: almostinfamous http://www.iangarrickmason.com/2007/10/reclamation/comment-page-1/#comment-7 almostinfamous Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:12:35 +0000 http://iangarrickmason.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/reclamation/#comment-7 this reminds me of George Carlin's classic line: the planet is fine... this reminds me of George Carlin’s classic line:

the planet is fine…

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