 debbyski says: I like how mankind is slobbering all over himself. and picking his nose, too! You know, I've always thought it was kinda funny how people confuse themselves with the planet. Most of the things people say are "bad for the planet" are not in fact anything for the planet, which will continue more or less the same as it always has. They are just bad for us, who are interested in inhabiting the planet, and are generally much more finicky about things like dry land, fresh water, noxious fumes and 1,000 degree temperatures. Whatever happens to man kind, the earth won't care either way. We shouldn't make the mistake of assuming that nature is as fragile as mankind, who is merely a single component in a much larger machine. pop for ouyangwulong's comment! Yes but we think of earth as "our" planet. If the planet is uninhabitable there is no "us". And without "us" there is no "our". There are a lot of species on earth more fragile than man and their demise presages ours. Earth is our Mom, as well as our home. And no matter how it got here, Life is a wondrous miracle. We should protect our mother and our home because we understand her importance to the miracle of life. She may not care; she may not know. But in the cold empty vacuum of space, she supports us anyway. I believe the Earth Mother is alive. Life comes in more forms than mankind. Mankind is just obnoxious enough to ignore any other type of life. There are many symbiotic relations between man and other earth forms. For ex. the oxygen/carbon dioxide between plants and creatures who require oxygen. We are all connected in this universe. MHO  great blackish humor pop for ouyangwulong's comment!  Let’s not debate the relation of mankind and the earth lets just rather laugh at ourselves because we are stupid. I am proud of the fact, that knowing that you know nothing is the highest level of intelligence. — Comment removed by moderator — Bobby Ruttan, that just furthers my conviction... Although we think of earth as "ours" we are very small and inconsequential that we might pass out of existence without the earth even noticing, and slowly the roots of trees would crack the foundations of our sky scrapers, and our abandoned cities would crumble into the jungle or disappear under seas of sands. I've seen this happen in the Taklamakan desert, and how completely impermanent all the labors of mankind are is both poetic and also leaves me with the feeling of being very small inside a very large, cold room. Looking out over the desolate, unblemished sand dunes, swept clean every night, you can't help but feel we have made a chill... Ouyangwulong, I understand what you are saying. Whether we are here or not the earth continues as an orb. That cosmic truth shouldn't be a distraction from the fact that we need to be good stewards of the earth's environment while we are still around. Your point is accurate. We are just looking at two different pictures. Always like seeing that you are back on clipmarks and reading your comments as you usually add great depth to the conversation. Take care. Well, and I have no objection to self preservation! I want to save the earth for you and me, not for its own sake. I believe in preservation in the tradition of John Muir, not merely economically-minded conservation. But the reason I do is not because of the inherent duty to care for some quasi-spiritual anthropomorphisms of inert minerals and biomass as a maternal archetype. Honestly, it seems kind of silly. The key reason, I think, as John Muir noted, is the benefits to man of living with and within nature. I wandering among the massive trunks of an old growth forest or the great emptiness between glaciated peaks reminds us of our insignificance, and thus gives invaluable perspective to... Looking out over the desolate, unblemished sand dunes, swept clean every night, you can't help but feel we have made a chilling miscalculation in the arithmetic of cosmic relevance.Beautifully said. |
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