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Show Extremist ideas need balance Balance is something that benefits more than just the tight-rope walker. -.The trait of balance is one that benefits any individual or group and helps keep things in some form of decent perspective. Extremism, regardless of the areas in which it occurs, is a negative trait and one to be shunned. There are many extremists who cling to good principles or causes, but their Extremists often lose all respect and regard for others with differing views, and that's dangerous and disgusting. Let's look at several examples. Recently a group claiming to be all for the environment and its protection swept through the State and pasted yellow warning stickers all over everything and anything including Utah State signs and utility poles and private businesses. This was done under the guise of "warning" the public about the dangers of increased chances of nuclear accident and the like. That's all very fine and noble, but I would prefer to be "warned" through other channels. If the environment looked more beautiful with thousands of ugly stickers all over than it did before they were placed there, I, for one, need an eye examination. As a businessman, I wouldn't appreciate ap-preciate having to scrape a sticky yellow sticker off of my clean front window. Courtesy tells me as a property owner that a decent, respectful human would seek permission per-mission first. As a taxpayer, I don't appreciate the By Mike Cannon fact that I might have to have my money used to repaint road signs in the State. ; Stick your sticker on your forehead and let me read it, if I choose to, but don't try to force me to read your invalidated in-validated garbage if I choose not to. This is merely an example of this idea of balance. A group sees one small segment of the world, and that's all they see. Everything and everyone else is second to a pet cause. Zillions of people have been killed in the name of supposed religion because extremists lost their perspective and respect. I'll probably be sizzled at the stake lor mentioning it, but I think people can go overboard on issues such as municipal power. Cheaper power is difinitely important, im-portant, but there is more to life than the lightbulb, even to Thomas Edison. Even he took time to fly a kite, or was that Ben Franklin? In his book "Will", G. Gordon Liddy talks about the prevalent philosophy among some national leaders during the Watergate epic. That philosophy was simply this: the end justifies the means. I salute those of you with your causes and campaigns and hope not to be one of the apathetic many, but hopefully you will respect those who don't see things in quite the same vein as you. Balance is something you needed when you learned to ride a bike. If you don't still have it, do the rest of us a favor and put your training wheels back on. off-balanced approach to achieving their goals often leaves others with a sour taste in their mouths and ultimately does more harm than good. Extremists see nothing but their own little cause and get so enthralled in it that the end often justifies their means of achieving it. This is true in politics, religion, moral issues, women's rights, environmental causes or whatever. |