Slamming Eco-Groups (was: Navajo/Hopi)

Daniel Ammon (ammon@neon.stanford.edu)
Sun, 14 Jul 1991 23:59:25 -0700


>Original-Sender: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
>
>Danny Ammon writes:
>
>> I'm leary of any environmental group that wants to use Indian rights
>> issues to furthur their own political agenda. I think this is happening
>> now, and will be happening more often in the future with the continued
>> degradation of the environment.
>>
>> It's an insult and it's phony.
>>
>> danny ammon
>> ammon@neon.stanford.edu
>>
>> ps: I am not saying all environmental groups use Indians for their own
agenda.
>
> Can you name one such group?

Yes, I can name a group based on personal experience between this group
and my tribe. However, I am not going to name the group.

>I'm heavily involved in the
>environmental movement, and while there are indeed groups with
>questionable approaches, I'm not aware of any that have done
>such a thing.
> Don't go slamming a vague entity such as an "environmental
>group" with "their own political agenda" without some specifics.

Why do I need to supply specifics to slam vague entities?

danny ammon
ammon@neon.stanford.edu

[ I think what Jym was asking for was less generalization. What he probably
meant to say is not that specifics are needed in order to slam vague en-
tities, but that if you want to criticize an organization, you have to be
willing to name the organization and give some details on the complaint.
You may, of course, have reasons to not want to name the organization or
to provide such details, but then it's hard to evaluate your claim.

--Gary ]