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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MJB" data-source="post: 3176288" data-attributes="member: 88928">I support your plea, John, for keeping things courteous, for after all, it's the method favoured by that great Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick' (which in the present context, ≡ evidence); Roosevelt of course greatly expanded the idea of national parks and national forests, and for a few decades, placed conservation as an essential part of conservatism.:t: MJB</blockquote>