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Humanities largest threat is man himself. I’m sitting here pondering the ongoing question in my mind “Can we save ourselves from ourselves, or are we, like the worm who enters the apple, inevitably going to eat this thing to the core.
I’m not a pessimistic individual, nor an optimistic one. I lie somewhere suspended in a grey medium. Michelangelo considered the human body to be a beautiful efficient machine of near perfection. Very true, and along with our mind, we are the most dangerous living creatures on this planet.
I will often sit and observe various forms of life, and while doing so, ponder how every living organism works so well together in seemingly perfect harmony, thus sustaining life to the point of evolution and adaptation as the world changes. Life has maintained itself on earth for MILLIONS of years! Amazing right? To me it is beyond amazing, it fucking beautiful. And then throw us into the mix, and I ask you: “Where the hell do we fit in?” Because we don’t seem to at all you see.
Clever but clueless could be our title. It would fit.
What made us like this? In the balance that makes up every single ecosystem on this planet, we can’t seem to make it work. not for long anyways. We are over-populating, over-fishing, over foresting, over eating, and in the midst of it all, UNDER-THINKING. “Who cares about future generations? We want lots of money and all that fancy shit celebrities have. Go consumerism!”
I watched The End of the Line, a documentary about the state of our oceans (pre-BP disaster), and the effects of over-fishing. Now it’s no big news that with the oceans, being both our buffet and toilet, that much of the life within it is in threat of being a distant memory, but I was shocked with a few of the facts presented to me: 99.3 percent of the ocean is fishable and unprotected, nearly 50% of the world’s fish is illegally caught and sold, and over 50% of all blue-fin tuna is bought and controlled by Mitsubishi. Maybe you knew, maybe not, and perhaps you don’t care. Anyways, there are not enough regulations {worldwide, esp Asia} to have sustainability in our oceans. The effects are devastating.
Over fishing has always been an issue though. Remember when eastern Canada had supposedly “endless” cod? That is what lured Europeans here in the first place: Fish. Well the cod are now a thing of the past. The end.
When the population grows, so does our need for food. Things we eat (practically anything and everything) are always in danger.
The BP oil spill: Yes, this is what I really want to vent about. All I keep reading about is “Investors capital, loss of stock value, and who is blaming who. Is this all we give a shit about? Money? Blame? Of course it is! Money is what drives us to be so crazy. Poor billionaires are gonna lose some money. Shit, if only they had something else to live for than collecting paper. OK ok ok, I’m not that ignorant, but would it kill anybody to cover more on the life that is being harmed by all of this, and less about stocks? I know of one crew that is! Check out their journey HERE.
I’m sorry for the rash and harsh words, I know that there is so much beauty in mankind, for I have seen it on my travels. There is so much good in this world, so much love and peace, and perhaps that is why it hurts me so much to see nearly 100 000 barrels of oil pouring into the gulf EACH DAY. Do we deserve this? Yes, I think we do. I say we, because unless you live in a forest and dance with the wolves for a living (good movie), I hate to say it, but you too contribute to the drilling of oil. The rest of the life on the planet however, took no part in it, and simply is trying to live for life’s sake. To survive.
Can we save ourselves? I doubt it, and quite frankly we shouldn’t even think about us anymore. Thinking about us is what caused this mess!
We can’t change our habits, until we change the way we see the world and each other. Use less, and care more my friends.
Until next time,
Too bad the wildlife isn’t suing for all of their suffering. BP would really be screwed then.
-Kevin Mattice (Slevin Nevele)
