Comments on: Forgive Me Father, for I Have Polluted http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/03/21/forgive-me-father-for-i-have-polluted/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim Gunshinan http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/03/21/forgive-me-father-for-i-have-polluted/#comment-11154 Jim Gunshinan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:00:15 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/03/21/forgive-me-father-for-i-have-polluted/#comment-11154 Hi Barry, Yes, that was my introduction to the Inferno, before reading the classic version! It's so fun to imagine the possible punishments for polluters (don't remember Niven's take on it) that I can forget that I, too, am a sinner! Of all three books of the Divine Comedy—the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—I feel that Purgatorio describes best our life on earth. There is hope for change and a better life for all. Jim Hi Barry,

Yes, that was my introduction to the Inferno, before reading the classic version! It's so fun to imagine the possible punishments for polluters (don't remember Niven's take on it) that I can forget that I, too, am a sinner!

Of all three books of the Divine Comedy—the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—I feel that Purgatorio describes best our life on earth. There is hope for change and a better life for all.

Jim

]]> By: Barry Starr http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/03/21/forgive-me-father-for-i-have-polluted/#comment-11155 Barry Starr Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:05:27 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/03/21/forgive-me-father-for-i-have-polluted/#comment-11155 Have you ever read Larry Niven's Inferno? It is an update of Dante's. I seem to remember polluters but I can't remember their particular punishment... Have you ever read Larry Niven's Inferno? It is an update of Dante's. I seem to remember polluters but I can't remember their particular punishment…

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