QotD: Happy Earth Day
What do you do EVERY day to take care of the earth's environment? What could you do more of?
For the earth's environment? I don't do much. I think it rather egotistical that people believe that they can do anything for the earth's environment. It will take much more than one person to make a difference with the crap that we have done to the earth, and I don't think humanity is willing to do any more than cover its own arse. Politicians surely don't give a shite about anything other than making money - YES, I mean ALL politicians. I don't think there is one frelling decent politician out there. Big companies don't care about the environment. They care about the bottom line and the environment ain't it. I care. I would like the earth to last a very long time. The fact is, however, it will not. We as humans will continue to frell it up. Why? Well, that's what we do. We pander to our own egotistical needs and selfish desires. We rationalize and say we are helping. One frelling light bulb changed? I've been hearing about/celebrating earth day since sometime in the 1980s and things HAVE NOT gotten much better, if at all. 20+ years is a long time for no change. Why is earth day not every frelling day? Why once a year? I'll tell you; it's so we will feel better about ourselves and the fact that for one frelling day we can make a difference. That's the same as telling children that they can be whatever they want when they grow up - bullshite! Little Johnny can't be president. Little Johnny should not always get a trophy.
Happy Frelling Earth Day!
Go burn some tires and bring the hate - it's that kind of day.
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But I know what you mean about feeling inconsequential in the big picture.
This 'green' movement of recent times, and Earth Day isn't about individuals changing the world all on their own, it's about changing people's attitudes in general. It's about getting communities to change their way of thinking. If people just keep on thinking 'well fuck it, I can't change the world by myself, so I'm not going to do ANYTHING'... what the fuck good will that do? Nothing! That's why things don't get drastically better, because people are selfish, don't give a crap, and as much as they think they can't change the world for the better, they think that they can't hurt anything either. Also not true. Think about the ONE person who threw away this one bag...
I apologize if I come across as bitchy, but I get so irritated at the attitude of people thinking they can't do anything as just one person, so they won't bother trying. I'm not an environmentalist by any means... I'm not perfect in my 'green'ness, and I don't expect others to be perfect, but I for one am not going to let the rest of humanity dictate how I will treat the environment. Maybe it is egotistical to think I can make any difference, but at least I'll know in my heart that I'm not a significant part of the problem.
As for politicians... they can't and won't do enough for the environment so long as the majority of people don't care. There ARE decent politicians out there.... Canada actually has a Green Party which has gained a lot of momentum the last few years.
And with that I say, I still like you, and I'm sorry I ranted on your comments. lol
And now I will go and update my own blog with my own Earth Dayedness.
Earth Day, Schmerth Day. It's everyday.
Lol, no worries. I just don't think humanity will ever change. I am usually optimistic about just about everything, but not this. One million is still just a drop in the bucket. Oh, and I am sorry, I was generalizing USA politicians. As an American, I was forgetting that there is the rest of the world, sorry...
anyways... a million was just a number pulled out of my a$$ too.. it's much more than that... but either way, I'm not going to try to convince people. The funny thing is, I'm usually quite the pessimist, but I try at least to help.