Serenity Now! Friends and Neighbors, today’s issue is one of those items so absolutely backwards that it makes you doubt the faith in your fellow man to be able to think rationally. We have heard about global warming and the destruction of the rainforests for years. Most of it is true a lot of it is simply hippie talk. Now some other yahoo has proposed that “Mother Earth” be granted “Human Rights.” I know. Take a moment to get up from your chair and hide your disappointment with these people. There is more.
So Bolivia is spearheading this endeavor. These people write demands that “aims to establish 11 new
rights for nature which include: the right to life and to exist; the right to continue vital cycles and processes free from human alteration; the right to pure water and clean air; the right to balance; the right not to be polluted; and the right to not have cellular structure modified or genetically altered.”
They are serious too. Ma-Ti is using the heart ring to change the world! First of all, they are talking about some things they have no comprehension of. Sure, we should take some steps to protect our environment. But there are things at work that we do not have any control over.
One of the rights, the right to continue vital cycles is of particular preposterousness. The earth has undergone cycles that are beyond our level of control or understanding. 50 years ago we barely understood the concept of Plate Tectonics – climate change is a young science that we only have a couple pieces of the puzzle on. We do have evidence that the world has been much hotter than we have now and before industrialization. Humanity survived then. Things change. Now Bolivia is in a bad spot. Climate change is going to hit them hard. But this is like a child suing their parents over potential allowance changes.
Another wonderful right proposed the right to not have cellular structure modified or genetically altered. What exactly does this mean? Are we still talking about the earth? Cellular Minerals? That is about the stupidest thing I have heard since the query about The Thing’s Dork being made of rock or not. So I will attempt to make some sense of these backwards people’s reasoning. They must mean plants, plants such as their rainforest perhaps. They make far too much money off of cocaine and other exports to think of that though… hmmm.
What of the insects? Insects and animals are responsible for the propagation of plant life all over the world. Without them, the plants would not survive long. Of course that means using science to comprehend. Okay, well they do say free from human alteration. So humans are now alien to the biology of Mother Earth? Last time I heard, humans were just one of the many parts of the ecosystem, dominant, sure, but part of the system nonetheless.
Then one final part of the resolution speaks out to me. “Morales drew up 10 'commandments' as part of Bolivia's plan to save the planet, beginning with the need 'to end capitalism.'”
There it is. Pinko socialist countries that are still wanting to end the ‘evil capitalism.’ Once again we see our earth abused and misused to benefit the selfish goals of those who refuse to work. The entire thing is an attempt to get rid of their “enemy.” I should have seen that one coming. The whole thing is an attempt to defeat Looten Plunder!
Seriously though, this has got to be one of the most misguided attempts to solve a situation that I have ever heard. It infringes upon religious freedoms of many cultures that do not have a Mother Earth figure. It flies in the face of science. It stands to hinder any further development of human society and it is based on faulty concepts that simply do not make sense. Oh what will we do with the UN?
Be Excellent to Each Other
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~BAT