And weary doesn't even begin to describe my sadness and disgust. The oil spill off the coast of California is just the latest example of human destructiveness. Leon and I just recently drove along that section of the California highway with views of the ocean and off-shore oil rigs. The oil that keeps our millions of cars and trucks moving. Our way of life has a hold on us that is beyond redemption. Being a creature having a bond with the ocean, I cannot even watch the news coverage without emotion: anger, sadness, grief, resignation, horror. I don't know how to cope with all that is wrong with humanity and the world we are leaving in our wake.
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Human greed knowns no bounds and it's disgusting, you're right. We'll kill everyone and everything just to satisfy it.
I wish I had something to say that would make you feel better. Sometimes the world is simply overwhelming.
It's very sad, this oil spill - but there have been others, much bigger, and nature has recovered. (Can you say Exxon Valdez?)
It's not The End of the World just yet. This too shall pass.
But I do understand your feeling of despair - it's the disasters of the moral world (Trumpism, etc.) that depress me, not so much those of the physical world. The Earth always tends to heal itself - but is there any cure for human stupidity?
I, too, am pissed off by it, especially since it went unreported for so long.
I want the company brought to their knees.
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