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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Precautionary Principle, the Cartoon

There's been some back-and-forth on this blog about the Precautionary Principle. My take is that Earth is the only planet we've got, why risk turning it into Venus? Cartooonist Ben Smith, the artist behind Fighting Words, weighs in:

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