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learned that Mr. Burns had been upset that he had sprayed at all. “I don’t care what the EPA says about Rotenone. It’s a poison. Period. So what if it has natural origins? So do strychnine and arsenic.”
“I didn’t go into this business to make a buck. I went into it because I wanted to put my beliefs about agriculture into practice. And I violated those when I sprayed.”
I countered, “But what about making a living? What about having enough money to pay your workers instead of laying them off? Doesn’t that count? Shouldn’t survival weigh in favor of spraying when necessary?”
Mr. Bums looked slightly disgusted at me. “I don’t think anyone’s survival is at immediate stake. Our consciences, maybe, but not our survival.
I retreated to my last argument.
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