August 30, 2008
controversial themes
It is already accepted by scientists that we produce energy (heat) by living, we consume it (food) in order to live.
So, it is perfectly natural to consume energy and take advantage of your surroundings in order to gain energy in order to live. Admittedly, the human species have developed the art of consuming energy into a fine art (well, a far advanced one at least, saying it’s fine isn’t exactly true – I’m of the opinion that we have exagerated quite a bit)
]the following article by PBS also states the obvious facts mentioned above (and in earlier posts):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/singer.html
So in essence, it’s not exactly our luxurious lifestyle that’s to blame (it does help, of course) for environmental issues (we’re making a mess of this planet – or rather they are, and I can’t do much to stop it) and resource scarcity (like land to live on)
Of course, I understand that merely living is a contributing factor, en then living in the luxurious way I do (as a good westerner), with a house of my own, a stocked refrigerator, and luxury items like my guitars and amps (in plural form as well!) only makes it worse. But this blog isn’t about such obvious insights, but rather about the obvious insights which I have to share with people because too many people slavishly do as they are told . “Jump off that cliff, you lemming! It’s best for you, and for us all”. I won’t argue with the latter so long as it’s not me who’s spoken to but I’d like to make it clear that all the hypocrisy has to stop. They’re the ones who behave like lemmings soshould continue to do so by jumping themselves, but no, if people have to do something, it’s never them who have to do it.
August 5, 2008
The People
I agree with most politicians that the people (that’s you and me as well) tend to be stupid. Hey, look around you and keep your eyes open this time, and we all keep on voting (on the same parties!) hoping that our votes will change something, don’t we? Naivity is a form of stupidity too. I don’t mean to insult you (I already know that not all people are stupid(I refer to myself <g>), just most of you – I refer to the idiots mentioned in earlier posts)
Now, when a politician speaks about the people, they always refer to this mythical entity which exists only in their ideology. Take for example, the millennium objectives – those are (all noble in themselves) objectives which, according to the radio commercials, we set. Like banning poverty. I didn’t know I set that objective! But when a politician decides that we the people want something (read: they want it) then he’s going to blame us when we didn’t fight hardenough to achive it. Just you wait and see, we’ll get the blame for all those fancy objectives not being met.
The death of Aleksander Solzhenytsin made me think of another great example: Soviet communism. It was the worker’s paradise, and by golly, Stalin had the unfallible vision of how to achieve it. Anyone who dared to protest it, was in for trouble. Enemy of the people! Stalin wasn’t angry that you protested againsthis plans, but that you protested against the obviously only course to well being for the people.
