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Written by Scott Meadow
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Tuesday, 23 May 2006 (read 1485 times) |
Can I get a little universal on yo ass? Let's do a little global thinking here for a sec.
Given the fact that the earth is approximately 5 billion years old and that the vast majority of species that have existed on it have already gone extinct, do you think that any of those species really embraced the idea of their upcoming extinction and dedicated themselves to doing everything they could to avoid it?
Nah me neither. I can't help but run that Carlin routine over and over again in my head. Thank the Big Dude for Google:
"Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?
"The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles. Hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets, and asteroids, and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages.... And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE.
"We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. "
- George Carlin, from "Jammin' in New York"
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