Delicious Death of the Earth

I think I've put off posting something on this matter for long enough now. The matter: conservation vs. "culture" and "history" et cetera.
To start off, it's a well known fact that this blog, like many others, is mined for data and keywords by systems not limited to successors of Echelon from the US, but from more from other countries in Asia. My remarks and opinions will be mined? How do I know? Because I've been there and seen it being done. It's true that we publish our opinions at our peril.

Frankly speaking, I don't really give a damn anymore whether I'm allowed to enter certain countries because of my opinion on questionable practices that are part of their culture or history. Commence la festival.

I still find it amazing that a subgroup of people that in one motion can create tall and stunning skyscrapers is equally validated as others who believe that "you are what you eat" or bow to the need to maintain historical "traditions". So ardent and deep are such beliefs that I'm amazed they don't eat concrete to build muscle, or eat wood to become supportive. Of course, to do so would be absurd, wouldn't it? Stupid question. So low is the respect for any life that anything is fair game, to be killed in any way. Even when mercy or quick death to dispense the being (yes, being, not "flesh bag") is an option, it is not given. A few extra finishing strokes are clearly too expensive. Dogs, cats, sharks, dolphins, whales, any other land mammal or cetacean. Carcasses dumped over alive after being gutted for the valuable portions, or made into steaks considered a delicacy. And all this flesh, consumed, or made into teas, potions or massaged into muscles while working on a finite element analysis of the structural integrity of a building shaped like a donut. Is it greed, or fear or ignorance. I'd say it's a little bit of each, with a good measure of apathy thrown in; too afraid to question the status quo and do otherwise. Tech, manufacturing, finance and science fields yield 99% of the jobs. They're based on observational science and progress; humble refinements of models of structure and interaction. The model of "you are what you eat" and "it's a cultural delicacy" are immutable and have not progressed at all. To question them is considered heresy or slander (or libel, depending on which way you express yourself of course). Some sciences are static and become harmful witchcraft, while others progress more rapidly. But in the end, neither science really helps the environment. The building of a skyscraper or computer is a lot more sterile than slaughtering a defenseless and intelligent whale. But both destroy the environment at different rates. The first insidiously via cadmium and lead poisoning after the hastily discarded remains leech into the ground and water tables, near slums and streams; the second raw in its blatant cruelty with the human urge to resist and reverse the repulsing murder so skilfully and efficiently suppressed. Entire governments are willing to go to war to prove that their hypocrisy and crafted greed, ignorance, fear and apathy, is indeed not as such. And they'll do it with state of the art weaponry. Ironic, or fitting, I don't know. I do know patience has decreased and 500 errant messages are considered better than fewer, thoughtfully composed ones. The guise is time-slicing and ability to "multi-task". It makes for quick rewards, only exacerbating the shortcomings like apathy and laziness. Value propositions are non-existent; everything costs too much.

It's all "too hard". Like George Carlin said: "Mother Earth. Raped."

Mankind was made of better stuff when men stood tall and questioned their enslavers who held whips and chains.
Mankind was made of better stuff when men believed in long-term preservation of that which kept them alive.
Mankind was made of better stuff when men were humble enough to be led and bold enough to lead, and knew that some battles were won with great amounts of humility and not spears.

Religion Philosophy or Faith

We laid down the track this afternoon after much tedium in trying to get the wires working. It's something I tapped my foot to, and I was proud to say it's my own.
I hope you enjoy the first rough cut. It definitely needs to be cleaned up, but I think the point is made in the rough cut.
Coming soon (in order):
- Existence
- December
- Entice
- Rise of Fall