2008-01-28
Some Stupid Things That People Say
Out of the 50 states Missouri is ranked 34th in the number of illegal immigrants; it is ranked 17th in overall population. Missouri doesn't have an immigrant problem, more like a blip. There are hundreds of other things that Missourians should be concerned about. Also, saying that you are happy to have people immigrate legally in a manner that makes it sound easy show me that you have absolutely no connection with reality and do not understand the process.
The other thing bothering me today are the people who say things to the effect of, "the earth was here before us, so it will be here after us." I can only assume that this is meant to be taken as a defeatist view on trying to take care of the environment. And while it is true, this glob of rock will keep orbiting the sun with out humans, humans won't be here is we make it inhospitable for life. I don't see environmentalism as something to care for this geological structure; I see it as a way to save our own asses. This should appeal the macho narcissist in everyone. We have a few miles of air and a tiny bit of water. That's it. The only known life in the universe exists in this infinitessimally small layer on the outside of a rather insignificant rock floating around a middling star in a moderate galaxy. That's what makes us all live.
Deep down I don't care about the pandas (if they don't want to screw ... screw them), or the eagles, or anything more than people. And if we don't have air, water or food we die. That's pretty clear. That predates recorded history and is kind of a built in instinct. Eat, drink, fuck ... you get the picture. To do those three beautiful things we need this fairly delicate mixture of gasses and some water. And ... a pretty temperate climate. The swing form the hottest and coldest temperatures measure on earth comprise a span of 0.00146% of the swing in temperatures in our solar system. That is a pretty improbable number! Think about the likelyhood of that temperature span, water and an atmosphere. Pretty damned small! That's way we haven't found life anywhere else, it's a phenomenal event. And, as humans, we are at the top; we can see our actions and we can make changes and adapt.
Adaption is what we're built for. We sure as hell don't stack up to a lion or a hippo so we invent spears and bows and guns and nuclear weapons and we control our destiny. We can look at things, think about them and figure out something new. Now these lazy fucks that won't shill out a couple extra bucks for compact fluorescent bulbs (which ultimately save money) say that the Earth will survive without us. Of course it will, it's a giant floating rock; it's the without us part that scares the shit out of me and it should scare them, and you, too.
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