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<p class="MsoNormal">It might be useful to distinguish between self-hate and responsibility. The latter is far more difficult to act on. Humans and anthropocentrism unquestionably have had a devastating effect on other species, and may be committing ecosuicide
along with ecocide. But the solutions, including population control require a daunting amount of education and re-education of all those billions of people, most of who are too busy surviving, or alternately, fulfilling self-centered agendas to give a rat’s
a--. Nonetheless, that “enlightenment” might be the conflicted noblesse oblige of artists and intellectuals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aviva Rahmani, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ghostnets@ghostnets.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.ghostnets@ghostnets.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Watch ³Blued Trees²: <a href="https://vimeo.com/135290635"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://vimeo.com/135290635</span></a> <br>
<a href="http://www.gulftogulf.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.gulftogulf.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au> on behalf of John Jordan <artactivism@gn.apc.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 8:14 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [-empyre-] invasive species<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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