...I think society moves on to quick these days. There are thousands if not tens of thousands of people dead in the Philippines. Their lives taken from them by a storm every nation that emits greenhouse gases are responsible for.
I can't move on that quick. I don't believe anyone should.
I couldn't believe it when nearly 15,000 French citizens died due to heat and the world didn't stand still. The world stood still for an accomplishment when a man walked on the moon, but, not for 15,000 deaths.
The world stood still when millions were killed in Rwanda, but, not when 56,000 people died in Russian wildfires.
The world stood still for the release of Microsoft Word 5.1, but, not for the death of Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa.
The world stood still when Katrina killed 1833 people in New Orleans, but, brushed it off and never looked back and certainly never looked back for the destruction of Larson B Ice Shelf in Antarctica or the ice sheets of Greenland and certainly not the melting of an entire ocean in the Arctic. An entire ocean and it is viewed as an opportunity to make money drilling for oil. There is no conscience anymore. No one is appalled at these outrageous thoughts or acts.
I don't know what it is going to take to shake the First World awake anymore. But, the people of the Third World are completely innocent and ravaged.
I think we are wrong in our focus of what is important politically and I think Americans have gotten used to being handled by political bullies with priorities of Wall Street, faux priorities and false senses of security.
