Forwarded by Jane Clark
From:
Defenders of Wildlife
Rural Updates!
November 19, 2004

COMPROMISE, HELL!

As Americans concerned about the safety of the environment,
family farms and long-term sustainability recoil from the results of
the recent election, Wendell Berry, beloved patron of rural America
and champion of family farms and the land offers important and
uplifting insights in an essay now available on line at Orion. Entitled
"Compromise, Hell!" Mr. Berry spins a spirited case for increased
action and "thoroughness" on the part of Americans who "are not
usually thought to be a submissive people."  "But" he continues, "of
course we are.  Why else would we allow our country to be
destroyed?"  When Mr. Berry writes about the destruction of our
country he means "our country itself, our land."  Boldly and directly
on target, Berry states emphatically, "Economic WMD's are being
used against our own people in a version of "freedom" that makes
greed the dominant economic paradigm."  If you need some
courageous inspiration to juice up your attitude check out
"Compromise, Hell!" at:

http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/om/04-6om/Berry.html

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