Weatherstorm
06-23-2005, 04:27 AM
[Author's Note: It seems that people have enjoyed my previous two ramblings, so I hereby present a third. I usually start these ramblings under the intention of delivering a serious, intellectual argument on some large-scaled scheme, but I often end up with somewhat of a sarcastic, witty, humorous article. I am not complaining, though. As long as people truly thought about what I wrote and didn't pass it off as some lame comedic attempt. This story's idea succeeded a conversation I had with a customer at work today. For those interested in that conversation, see the bottom of this post.]
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Look at how we -- 'we' meaning 'humans' -- inhabit our world. Once this lush, beautiful serene environment is now a morbid, somewhat plagued and infested wasteland. There exists beauty still, but much of that beauty is hindered by the smog and disaster we've created. Is there such thing as planetary abuse? There certainly is such thing as 'child abuse,' correct? Child abuse is considered allowing such acts that can be physically or emotionally harming -- threatening the childs well-being and emotional integrity -- to go on in a household. Such acts include being unable to provide sufficient food, shelter and clothing for the child. Other acts include yelling, screaming, or physically harming the child. If you draw a parallel, that is exactly what is going on to this planet. We're killing the atmosphere, dumping our wastes, destroying our forests, killing our wildlife ... for the sake of 'sociological development'?
I did not intend to suddenly go all out on 'green peace,' but I really wish to make people think about what this world has become. Has anyone ever imagined the concept that this world could have once belonged to the animals? Be it thousands or millions of years ago -- it doesn't matter -- it is likely that animals existed before us (via Creation OR evolution). These animals lived in peace, dwelling on this beautiful planet, populating their own kind. Yes, they had their own nature of killing, but you can't get much more 'nature' than that. Well somewhere along the timeline, humans came along, correct? They somehow possess greater intellect than the other beings of earth, so they populate and form little cities and towns. Soon enough they realize that animals taste good with salt, so they start killing them! Then they realize, "Hey ... if I kill this bear, scalp its fur and put it in front of my fireplace, it'll be a good place for my naked baby to play!" So not only are animals being slaughtered for food, but also their furs. We couldn't be satisfied with cotton -- oh, certainly not, we had to go hurt innocent beings.
Some wiseguy came along shortly thereafter, shot a gun or bow or whatever it was, and accidentally hit an animal. He said "Hey, I didn't intend to kill that animal for its fur or meat, but it was fun seeing my projectile pierce its completely defenseless hide! Maybe I'll do that again!" So he soon enough got his buddies to join him, and they all had bows and guns of their own, hunting and killing these animals ... for fun.
Then the SEP dilemma came along -- the Somebody Else's Problem. We realized we did not have place for our trash and disposables, so we decide to pile it up nice and high, and let the next generation find out a way to get rid of it forever. "Surely," they thought, "we have plenty of space on this planet. Let's just keep filling it up!" Soon came cars, aerosol cans, large smoke-distributing towers, and all sorts of monstrosities to kill the atmosphere. We destroy the layers of natural protection against the sun and, get this, still have the nerve to complain about the hot weather!
Okay, so I have a solution for all of this. But bear with me, it's a bit abstract. The first humans should have never been born! I believe this is the only way we could have prevented this. But then again, I doubt that would have prevented society's downfall; a chimpanzee would have still figured out that throwing his own feces at other animals would be fun, and a gorilla would have suddenly realized the thumb does nifty things such as open cans for its feline master.
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*The setting: I am carrying out a customer's groceries as he stops by the Lottery machine. We then proceed to go to his car and put away his groceries. This is the conversation that occured throughout*
Me: Lotto, huh? Have any lucky numbers?
Him: Naw... I pick random ones.
Me: *under breath* Lazy bastard. [A/N: Inside joke between me and myself regarding his choice of numbers] *out loud* Hey, so what would you do if you won 50 million dollars?
Him: Hmm... I'd buy a big truck. Then I'd buy property in the mountains and I'd hunt all day long.
Me: Hunt? But ... wouldn't you run out of animals? You'd have to buy a team of scientists to clone you more so you wouldn't run out! *sarcastically*
Him: Naw, I'd kill them all. That's the fun part. No fun when there's so many it's easy to kill. I'd slaughter them all.
Me: Poor animals.
Him: Huh? Well that's what they're here for.
Me: Excuse me!?
Him: The animals. They're on this earth to be slaughtered and eaten. It's nature's way.
Me: I doubt it. They were here before us. The earth is theirs. The humans were the ones who came along, stole it from them, then started slaughtering them. The humans are the ones who deserve to be slaughtered.
Him: You shouldn't think like that.
Me: Well if you came across a hungry pack of wolves one day, and suddenly realized you were out of ammunition, I highly doubt you'd say "it's nature's way." Have a nice say, sir.
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Look at how we -- 'we' meaning 'humans' -- inhabit our world. Once this lush, beautiful serene environment is now a morbid, somewhat plagued and infested wasteland. There exists beauty still, but much of that beauty is hindered by the smog and disaster we've created. Is there such thing as planetary abuse? There certainly is such thing as 'child abuse,' correct? Child abuse is considered allowing such acts that can be physically or emotionally harming -- threatening the childs well-being and emotional integrity -- to go on in a household. Such acts include being unable to provide sufficient food, shelter and clothing for the child. Other acts include yelling, screaming, or physically harming the child. If you draw a parallel, that is exactly what is going on to this planet. We're killing the atmosphere, dumping our wastes, destroying our forests, killing our wildlife ... for the sake of 'sociological development'?
I did not intend to suddenly go all out on 'green peace,' but I really wish to make people think about what this world has become. Has anyone ever imagined the concept that this world could have once belonged to the animals? Be it thousands or millions of years ago -- it doesn't matter -- it is likely that animals existed before us (via Creation OR evolution). These animals lived in peace, dwelling on this beautiful planet, populating their own kind. Yes, they had their own nature of killing, but you can't get much more 'nature' than that. Well somewhere along the timeline, humans came along, correct? They somehow possess greater intellect than the other beings of earth, so they populate and form little cities and towns. Soon enough they realize that animals taste good with salt, so they start killing them! Then they realize, "Hey ... if I kill this bear, scalp its fur and put it in front of my fireplace, it'll be a good place for my naked baby to play!" So not only are animals being slaughtered for food, but also their furs. We couldn't be satisfied with cotton -- oh, certainly not, we had to go hurt innocent beings.
Some wiseguy came along shortly thereafter, shot a gun or bow or whatever it was, and accidentally hit an animal. He said "Hey, I didn't intend to kill that animal for its fur or meat, but it was fun seeing my projectile pierce its completely defenseless hide! Maybe I'll do that again!" So he soon enough got his buddies to join him, and they all had bows and guns of their own, hunting and killing these animals ... for fun.
Then the SEP dilemma came along -- the Somebody Else's Problem. We realized we did not have place for our trash and disposables, so we decide to pile it up nice and high, and let the next generation find out a way to get rid of it forever. "Surely," they thought, "we have plenty of space on this planet. Let's just keep filling it up!" Soon came cars, aerosol cans, large smoke-distributing towers, and all sorts of monstrosities to kill the atmosphere. We destroy the layers of natural protection against the sun and, get this, still have the nerve to complain about the hot weather!
Okay, so I have a solution for all of this. But bear with me, it's a bit abstract. The first humans should have never been born! I believe this is the only way we could have prevented this. But then again, I doubt that would have prevented society's downfall; a chimpanzee would have still figured out that throwing his own feces at other animals would be fun, and a gorilla would have suddenly realized the thumb does nifty things such as open cans for its feline master.
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*The setting: I am carrying out a customer's groceries as he stops by the Lottery machine. We then proceed to go to his car and put away his groceries. This is the conversation that occured throughout*
Me: Lotto, huh? Have any lucky numbers?
Him: Naw... I pick random ones.
Me: *under breath* Lazy bastard. [A/N: Inside joke between me and myself regarding his choice of numbers] *out loud* Hey, so what would you do if you won 50 million dollars?
Him: Hmm... I'd buy a big truck. Then I'd buy property in the mountains and I'd hunt all day long.
Me: Hunt? But ... wouldn't you run out of animals? You'd have to buy a team of scientists to clone you more so you wouldn't run out! *sarcastically*
Him: Naw, I'd kill them all. That's the fun part. No fun when there's so many it's easy to kill. I'd slaughter them all.
Me: Poor animals.
Him: Huh? Well that's what they're here for.
Me: Excuse me!?
Him: The animals. They're on this earth to be slaughtered and eaten. It's nature's way.
Me: I doubt it. They were here before us. The earth is theirs. The humans were the ones who came along, stole it from them, then started slaughtering them. The humans are the ones who deserve to be slaughtered.
Him: You shouldn't think like that.
Me: Well if you came across a hungry pack of wolves one day, and suddenly realized you were out of ammunition, I highly doubt you'd say "it's nature's way." Have a nice say, sir.