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The writer accuses

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   some alien species of having exterminated certain creatures and disturbing the balance of nature
   
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   ancient people of having started wars and killed each other
   
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   human beings of having used the earth's natural resources without thinking of the future
   
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   the young of being ignorant of the earth's problems
   
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   man of not having tried hard enough to prevent certain species from exterminating many others
   

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   The writer believes that
   

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   the most damage to the earth has been done by human beings
   
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   it is already too late to rescue the earth
   
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   the earth's natural resources won't be sufficient for future generations
   
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   the ecology of the earth can only be balanced by exterminating the alien species introduced deliberately
   
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   cities, where people live on top of others, are the most disturbed environments
   

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   The writer points out that it is the youth
   

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   who have done so much damage to the earth
   
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   who exterminated some animal species
   
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   who have always fought against the exploitation of the earth's natural resources
   
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   who should find solutions to the earth's problems
   
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   who disturbed the balance of nature
   

156 LIFTING THE DIVORCE BAN
In 1995, by a narrow vote of 50.28% to 49.72%, Irish voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing divorce. The margin of victory was just 9,118 votes out of 1.63 million cast, prompting a recount which finally upheld the result. In 1986, Irish voters had rejected the divorce amendment by a 2-to-1 margin.
According to political analysts, working-class residents of Dublin, the nation's capital, who accounted for one-third of Ireland's population, provided the crucial swing vote that determined the outcome.
Analysts attributed the change in attitude since 1986 to several factors. Many cited as important the fact that the Irish government had passed 18 laws since the failed referendum covering property rights, child custody, child support and other issues related to divorce, because many people voting "no" in 1986 said that they did so because of inadequate laws covering the divisions of property in a divorce. Many analysts also pointed to the Irish government's $500,000 promotional campaign in favour of lifting the divorce ban as an important factor in the amendment's passage. Opponents of the amendment, including the influential Roman Catholic church, said that they would challenge the result in the courts, pointing to the fact that the government's expenditure of public funds to promote the amendment was ruled illegal by the Irish Supreme Court. The amendment would allow people to divorce only if they have lived separately for at least four of the previous five years. There were approximately 80,000 legally separated people in Ireland in 1995. With Ireland's vote, Malta became the only European country to have a ban on divorce.

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