"The markets have put an end to the oilsands boom" - Vancouver Sun
How undignified.
Their "Environment" ministry couldn't, wouldn't, do it. Their
self-professed "love" for their own children neither. They would not
voluntarily walk away, so they have to be forced to their knees to crawl
away - for now.
Christ or the Buddha would look at them with deep compassion and forgive
them instantaneously and unconditionally. As for me, though I believe I'm a
man of compassion, I'm only human, and cannot, will not, repress an unseemly
contempt and an unbecoming glee at their pain.
I certainly cannot forgive them, because they will forever remain
unrepentant of their crime against nature and humanity. It is in their
nature (or is it ours?). At the slightest economic upturn, they will get
back up on their feet and do it all over again, and with a vengeance.
"They" are of course the governments and the corporations, but also the
unconscionable investors in an environmentally destructive industry, and the
ignorant and/or apathetic voters who keep voting the same nature-rapers back
in.
The current economic downturn is the consequence of our growing beyond
our limits and living beyond our means. Either we tighten our belts
voluntarily and individually, and advance together gracefully to the next
stage of human civilization, or we'll damn ourselves for an eternity and
take millions of species down with us. .
It all depends on how dignified our species really is.
Anthony Marr, founder and president
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)
www.HOPE-CARE.org
www.MySpace.com/AnthonyMarr
www.YouTube.com/AnthonyMarr
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com
www.ARConference.org
216-386-7362 / 604-222-1169
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