tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291455204375405675.post1129094551987705530..comments2023-07-05T03:14:31.118-07:00Comments on Vane Lashua: An Inconvenient Truth:No matter what and everything we do is Natural.Vane Lashuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629300554505405659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291455204375405675.post-8065469388437580772013-04-22T17:49:52.524-07:002013-04-22T17:49:52.524-07:00I like brilliant, I like sarcasm, I accept hopeles... I like brilliant, I like sarcasm, I accept hopeless, that's all. There will always emerge a Dick Cheney. A Ghandi. A Kellogg Briande Treaty. A Declaration that reads "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" and a Constitution based on it that reads "Life, Liberty and Property." There will always be financial interests that trump social, environmental and political ones. As A Short History of Progress points out, things ("civilizations") always "fix" themselves. Nature and our evolution will always produce the "right" result. Nature doesn't "care" about us. It just moves on. Do the whales care if their race survives? They, like us, just do what they do, and Nature, including all of us, will move on, with us or without us. Party on, humanity.Vane Lashuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629300554505405659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291455204375405675.post-72406608214649094982013-01-23T07:49:20.609-08:002013-01-23T07:49:20.609-08:00We're just Natural. Where are the atheist or r...We're just Natural. Where are the atheist or religious coral reefs, butterflies, monkeys or Neanderthals? Our tribal nature has helped in our explosive success(?) -- because we tend to group, then blame other groups and/or external forces -- Nature -- for our woes and selfish failures. To defend against those others' real or perceived attempts to challenge our group, we focus on differences. This leads us to excuse our mass-killing of millions of each "others" every couple of decades or to ignore or exploit the suffering of other species and groups for our benefit. And here we are, successful (for the time being or not), forgetful and, god or no god, Natural.Vane Lashuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629300554505405659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291455204375405675.post-25014978049103592982013-01-14T08:17:39.340-08:002013-01-14T08:17:39.340-08:00http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/books/review/the...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/books/review/the-world-until-yesterday-by-jared-diamond.html?pagewanted=2<br /><br />This review and the book second my emotion.Vane Lashuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629300554505405659noreply@blogger.com