Whenever I read articles in newspapers or magazines written by politicians using global warming or the destruction of the environment for their electoral campaigns, I think:
How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was and always will be stronger than us. We can’t destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing.
Why don’t they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us? Because “Saving the planet” gives a sense of power, action and nobility. Whereas “not letting the planet destroy us” might lead us to feelings of despair and impotence, and to a realisation of just how very limited our capabilities are.
Let’s be humble. Let’s respect Mother Earth because if She becomes furious with our behavior, we are in trouble.
When these people say Save the Earth, I always hear this argument in my head - Its not required to save nature or species or mother earth, life and earth are perfectly capable of saving themselves. species come and species go- 90% species have been eradicated many times over and new better ones(?? :-)) have sprung up.
It is us - humans who will be at loss if things go wrong with the world.
If we cut down trees in bangalore, is it a loss for mother nature or for us? mother nature is patient she will wait, in 3 million years when humans have gone extinct - trees will grow back...or may be not. The dominat species that time may be giant fungii.. what ever.
who is at loss then? mother nature at loss? or is it us? save the planet campain should be renamed as save ur a** :D
Thanks Paulo for putting that in perspective - nicely.
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