05-30-2008, 08:16 PM
[quote mattkime]>>We often arrogantly we think we're remotely capable of "destroying the planet".
because people typically mean, "destroying the planet, our home". we're certainly capable of making our environment inhabitable
Exactly. It's our nest we have an interest in preserving. People disagree a lot about the policies and politics and assumptions special interests and future policies and so forth, and the details can be divisive, but at the bottom is a shared interest in the same thing. But oh, those details.
Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the world's secular religion. And for some, the religious fervor is beyond reason. For others, it's a place to express generalized anti-corporate sentiments. For others, it's a place to meet groovy wooly-haired chicks and dudes to drink Chai tea with. Classical Conservationists and Activist Euro-Greens don't have the same agenda. But hell, everybody's gotta breath air. We're in the same boat. That's the irony of it all!
because people typically mean, "destroying the planet, our home". we're certainly capable of making our environment inhabitable
Exactly. It's our nest we have an interest in preserving. People disagree a lot about the policies and politics and assumptions special interests and future policies and so forth, and the details can be divisive, but at the bottom is a shared interest in the same thing. But oh, those details.
Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the world's secular religion. And for some, the religious fervor is beyond reason. For others, it's a place to express generalized anti-corporate sentiments. For others, it's a place to meet groovy wooly-haired chicks and dudes to drink Chai tea with. Classical Conservationists and Activist Euro-Greens don't have the same agenda. But hell, everybody's gotta breath air. We're in the same boat. That's the irony of it all!