The planet isn't dying but its current incarnation my die. Some spark of life will be left and after a few thousand years the planet will have regenerated a healthy ecosystem again. It just won't be the current one and it might not include humans.
We don't have to worry about the planet. It has suffered major meteor strikes, one of the reasons that we are here, and super volcanic eruptions, a number of which are due in the next nought to ten thousand years, a blink in geologic time.
If you are worried about our current ecosystem say that please and don't use vague wording about the loss of the planet. Even a nuclear war would be hard put to cause the loss of the planet!
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Millions of other species have already been decimated.snow hope wrote:
Why do you think humans are going to get wiped out in the next few years. Surely this is an extreme view?
Only one species is yet to be decimated.
If millions of species have already been decimated then we can be very sure that man's turn is coming very soon.
There are two sources of food for man......Land and Ocean.
As the weather becomes more and more extreme, irregular and unpredictable, agriculture will collapse.....The loss of insects that help in agricultural pollination will further hasten the collapse of agriculture.
Fish in the oceans have already been decimated due to Industrial Fishing, warming and acidification of oceans, oxygen deprived dead zones and billions of tonnes of Industrial Waste flowing into oceans.
The food chain in oceans starts from plankton, which is dying due to warming and acidification of oceans, oxygen deprived dead zones and billions of tonnes of Industrial Waste flowing into oceans.
Very soon there will be no food on earth for man to eat.
Glaciers are melting, rivers are drying up, underground water is already exhausted......Very soon there will be no water for man to drink.
No food....No water.
End of man on earth.
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Hundred years of industrial madness has destroyed what was created by nature in millions of years.
In the last days of human existence on earth, people will search for food and water......No one is going to search for consumer goods.
Only then will man realize that he destroyed necessary things for making unnecessary things.
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There are lots of species yet to be decimated, humans are but one. While I sympathise with your views, there will be pigeons and rooks to eat for a while, and rats if you fancy a change,and grey squirrels and signal crayfish and lots of other introduced species in other places than the UK. If things get hard enough, cannibalism may be fashionable again.
To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with. Cass Sunstein
So what can we REALISTICALLY do about the problem you have so clearly identified? I can't believe you haven't thought about how to solve the problem. Please don't insult yourself by saying we have to stop all industrial activity - that simply won't happen. There needs to be a roadmap of how to move forward.....sushil_yadav wrote:Millions of other species have already been decimated.snow hope wrote:
Why do you think humans are going to get wiped out in the next few years. Surely this is an extreme view?
Only one species is yet to be decimated.
If millions of species have already been decimated then we can be very sure that man's turn is coming very soon.
There are two sources of food for man......Land and Ocean.
As the weather becomes more and more extreme, irregular and unpredictable, agriculture will collapse.....The loss of insects that help in agricultural pollination will further hasten the collapse of agriculture.
Fish in the oceans have already been decimated due to Industrial Fishing, warming and acidification of oceans, oxygen deprived dead zones and billions of tonnes of Industrial Waste flowing into oceans.
The food chain in oceans starts from plankton, which is dying due to warming and acidification of oceans, oxygen deprived dead zones and billions of tonnes of Industrial Waste flowing into oceans.
Very soon there will be no food on earth for man to eat.
Glaciers are melting, rivers are drying up, underground water is already exhausted......Very soon there will be no water for man to drink.
No food....No water.
End of man on earth.
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Hundred years of industrial madness has destroyed what was created by nature in millions of years.
In the last days of human existence on earth, people will search for food and water......No one is going to search for consumer goods.
Only then will man realize that he destroyed necessary things for making unnecessary things.
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It's like any sensible plan for this ailing planet: you know, minimising energy use, recycling all nutrients, aiming for CO2 negativity, doing no harm to others, constantly trying to reduce your impact etc etc. The list is endless, it's virtually my whole life (and yet these seemingly 'individual' measures are just the same at any scale, up to planetary level).
And people look at me and say, "wow, that's a great idea" or "crikey, I wish I could do that" or "you're an example to us all".
And that's all they do. Nothing else.
If people see a good idea that would save them money and lessen their impact, but choose not to do it, then what possible plan do you think would produce results?
And people look at me and say, "wow, that's a great idea" or "crikey, I wish I could do that" or "you're an example to us all".
And that's all they do. Nothing else.
If people see a good idea that would save them money and lessen their impact, but choose not to do it, then what possible plan do you think would produce results?
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Let's face it. We have answers, not influence.RenewableCandy wrote:Huh. I can. He's been going on like this for at least 7 years, with no change whatever.snow hope wrote:I can't believe you haven't thought about how to solve the problem.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
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Thanks, Sushil, for a readable post and one that I can agree with in the main.
From an Indian point of view I think you may be entirely correct but the European point of view is slightly different, I think. We have less of a problem with water in most places as our climate is less extreme than that of the sub continent.
As long as there is no large scale fracking in the UK I think we could get by with the water that we have now, or even slightly less, with the reduced population which would result from the death of industrialisation. Some individual storage would be necessary to guard against the short term droughts to which we are prone but the majority of the country, well the west and central areas, has enough, baring major climate change.
From an Indian point of view I think you may be entirely correct but the European point of view is slightly different, I think. We have less of a problem with water in most places as our climate is less extreme than that of the sub continent.
As long as there is no large scale fracking in the UK I think we could get by with the water that we have now, or even slightly less, with the reduced population which would result from the death of industrialisation. Some individual storage would be necessary to guard against the short term droughts to which we are prone but the majority of the country, well the west and central areas, has enough, baring major climate change.
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This is for the pseudo-environmentalists who have been preaching for 50 years that earth can be made green by planting trees.
Earth cannot be made green by planting trees.
Earth can only be made green by not cutting down trees with Industrial Activity.
Forests are not saved by planting trees.
Forests are saved by not destroying them with Industrial Activity.
Nature has been doing the work of planting trees for millions of years.....If the soil is fertile and gets rain it will grow forests, trees, plants and vegetation by itself..... That is how nature grew all the forests in this world over a period of millions of years.
Millions of animal and bird species worked for millions of years to build up all the forests in the world....Millions of animal and bird species helped in spreading the seeds of billions of trees and plants all over the world.....Wind and water helped in spreading the seeds of billions of trees and plants over billions of acres of fertile soil across the world.
Before the arrival of man all the land in this world that could grow forests had forests on it......except for places like Deserts, Rocky Mountains and Glaciers which do not support vegetation.
Then the genius human species arrived on the scene.
Man first cut down forests for agriculture and villages..... After Industrial Revolution extra forests have been cut down for Towns and Cities, for Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Transportation Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road networks, Thousands of Ports & Airports and Industrial Farming of Animals.
You can plant new trees on forest land only if forest land remains forest land.
But this is not the case.
Where should we start planting trees???.....Where should we grow forests???
On billions of acres of cement, concrete and asphalt????.....In cities and towns???.....On millions of kilometers of roads and rail networks???.....On ports and airports????....In millions of golf courses, sports stadiums and Formula One race tracks???.....On millions of shopping malls and buildings???....On mining sites and industrial zones???
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And even if you somehow manage to replace trees that have been destroyed [which is an impossibility] how are you ever going to replace the populations of millions of species of animals, birds and insects that lived in the forests and died when the forests were cut down for Industrial Activity???
Man can repair and restore things that have been made by man himself...... Car, Computer, Aeroplane, Rocket - if anything goes wrong with these things man can repair and restore.
Man cannot repair and restore Nature/ Environment - because man did not make Nature/ Environment..... Once a Forest is destroyed, it is gone for millions of years..... One cannot create a Forest in 5 or 50 years - it takes millions of years to make a forest containing millions of species of animals, insects, birds, plants and trees...... Man can create a plantation in 5 or 50 years - not a forest.
Industrial Activity has destroyed most of the forests in the world....The very few forests that remain on earth can only be saved by stopping Industrial Activity for production of thousands of consumer goods and services.
For millions of years on earth forests were saved because they were not destroyed by Industrial Activity.
Anyone can see the truth by looking at the satellite pictures of forests - Before and After.....One can see the satellite pictures of forests taken 50 years ago and compare them with the pictures taken this year.
Forests have been decimated by Industrial Activity.
100 years of Industrial Activity has destroyed the forests which were created by nature in millions of years.
Earth cannot be made green by planting trees.
Earth can only be made green by not cutting down trees with Industrial Activity.
[And finally, We cannot save environment by just greening the planet......We have to stop decimation of millions of species too.....We have to also stop the poisoning, warming and acidification of rivers and oceans by industrial activity and waste.....We have to prevent creation of oxygen deprived dead zones in oceans......We have to also save the planet from billions of tonnes of Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous Waste, eWaste and Nuclear Waste......We have to also save billions of acres of fertile soil from getting killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt.....There can be no piecemeal solutions.....We have to save every thing]
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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Earth cannot be made green by planting trees.
Earth can only be made green by not cutting down trees with Industrial Activity.
Forests are not saved by planting trees.
Forests are saved by not destroying them with Industrial Activity.
Nature has been doing the work of planting trees for millions of years.....If the soil is fertile and gets rain it will grow forests, trees, plants and vegetation by itself..... That is how nature grew all the forests in this world over a period of millions of years.
Millions of animal and bird species worked for millions of years to build up all the forests in the world....Millions of animal and bird species helped in spreading the seeds of billions of trees and plants all over the world.....Wind and water helped in spreading the seeds of billions of trees and plants over billions of acres of fertile soil across the world.
Before the arrival of man all the land in this world that could grow forests had forests on it......except for places like Deserts, Rocky Mountains and Glaciers which do not support vegetation.
Then the genius human species arrived on the scene.
Man first cut down forests for agriculture and villages..... After Industrial Revolution extra forests have been cut down for Towns and Cities, for Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Transportation Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road networks, Thousands of Ports & Airports and Industrial Farming of Animals.
You can plant new trees on forest land only if forest land remains forest land.
But this is not the case.
Where should we start planting trees???.....Where should we grow forests???
On billions of acres of cement, concrete and asphalt????.....In cities and towns???.....On millions of kilometers of roads and rail networks???.....On ports and airports????....In millions of golf courses, sports stadiums and Formula One race tracks???.....On millions of shopping malls and buildings???....On mining sites and industrial zones???
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And even if you somehow manage to replace trees that have been destroyed [which is an impossibility] how are you ever going to replace the populations of millions of species of animals, birds and insects that lived in the forests and died when the forests were cut down for Industrial Activity???
Man can repair and restore things that have been made by man himself...... Car, Computer, Aeroplane, Rocket - if anything goes wrong with these things man can repair and restore.
Man cannot repair and restore Nature/ Environment - because man did not make Nature/ Environment..... Once a Forest is destroyed, it is gone for millions of years..... One cannot create a Forest in 5 or 50 years - it takes millions of years to make a forest containing millions of species of animals, insects, birds, plants and trees...... Man can create a plantation in 5 or 50 years - not a forest.
Industrial Activity has destroyed most of the forests in the world....The very few forests that remain on earth can only be saved by stopping Industrial Activity for production of thousands of consumer goods and services.
For millions of years on earth forests were saved because they were not destroyed by Industrial Activity.
Anyone can see the truth by looking at the satellite pictures of forests - Before and After.....One can see the satellite pictures of forests taken 50 years ago and compare them with the pictures taken this year.
Forests have been decimated by Industrial Activity.
100 years of Industrial Activity has destroyed the forests which were created by nature in millions of years.
Earth cannot be made green by planting trees.
Earth can only be made green by not cutting down trees with Industrial Activity.
[And finally, We cannot save environment by just greening the planet......We have to stop decimation of millions of species too.....We have to also stop the poisoning, warming and acidification of rivers and oceans by industrial activity and waste.....We have to prevent creation of oxygen deprived dead zones in oceans......We have to also save the planet from billions of tonnes of Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous Waste, eWaste and Nuclear Waste......We have to also save billions of acres of fertile soil from getting killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt.....There can be no piecemeal solutions.....We have to save every thing]
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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Industrial Society is a lunatic society where Psychologists and Psychiatrists are engaging in endless debate on the issue of Mental Illness......Whether industrialization has led to increase in mental illness.
Height of Insanity!!!
Industrial Society has destroyed the entire planet......Forests, Rivers, Oceans and Atmosphere......Can there be a bigger sign and proof of Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality???
In 100 years Industrial Society has destroyed what was created by nature in millions of years.......Can there be a bigger sign and proof of Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality???
More than 99% destruction of this planet has already happened.....Only the end of humans is yet to happen.
Most of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems have already been destroyed.
Species are not lost when they become extinct....Species are lost when they get decimated....Species were lost when their populations dropped from billions and millions before industrialization to thousands and hundreds after industrialization.
There are(were) millions of species in this world....Most of them have already been decimated because Industrial Activity has destroyed most of the forests....Millions of Plant and Animal species have been decimated by Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Construction Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Oil Drilling, Oil Refining, Transportation Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road Networks, Ports and Airports..
If we calculate the decline in populations of millions of species after industrialization the combined loss will come to more than 99%.
Rivers, Lakes, Oceans, Atmosphere and Land have been polluted, poisoned and killed by billions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous waste, eWaste and Nuclear Waste.....The entire planet has become a Toxic Dump.....All Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Industrial Waste that has been produced by Industrial Society in 250 years after Industrial Revolution has accumulated on earth....It has not gone out of earth.
Oceans have turned acidic and warmer and there are oxygen deprived dead zones in the oceans....Fish in the oceans have been decimated by Industrial Fishing.
Billions of acres of fertile soil that was the source of food to millions of species has been killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt.
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Psychologists and Psychiatrists are trying to classify a few people as Abnormal.
The reality is the entire Industrial Society is Abnormal.
The Judiciary and Law Enforcement Agencies have labelled some people as Criminals.
The reality is the entire Industrial Society is Criminal.
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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Height of Insanity!!!
Industrial Society has destroyed the entire planet......Forests, Rivers, Oceans and Atmosphere......Can there be a bigger sign and proof of Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality???
In 100 years Industrial Society has destroyed what was created by nature in millions of years.......Can there be a bigger sign and proof of Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality???
More than 99% destruction of this planet has already happened.....Only the end of humans is yet to happen.
Most of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems have already been destroyed.
Species are not lost when they become extinct....Species are lost when they get decimated....Species were lost when their populations dropped from billions and millions before industrialization to thousands and hundreds after industrialization.
There are(were) millions of species in this world....Most of them have already been decimated because Industrial Activity has destroyed most of the forests....Millions of Plant and Animal species have been decimated by Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Construction Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Oil Drilling, Oil Refining, Transportation Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road Networks, Ports and Airports..
If we calculate the decline in populations of millions of species after industrialization the combined loss will come to more than 99%.
Rivers, Lakes, Oceans, Atmosphere and Land have been polluted, poisoned and killed by billions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous waste, eWaste and Nuclear Waste.....The entire planet has become a Toxic Dump.....All Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Industrial Waste that has been produced by Industrial Society in 250 years after Industrial Revolution has accumulated on earth....It has not gone out of earth.
Oceans have turned acidic and warmer and there are oxygen deprived dead zones in the oceans....Fish in the oceans have been decimated by Industrial Fishing.
Billions of acres of fertile soil that was the source of food to millions of species has been killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt.
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Psychologists and Psychiatrists are trying to classify a few people as Abnormal.
The reality is the entire Industrial Society is Abnormal.
The Judiciary and Law Enforcement Agencies have labelled some people as Criminals.
The reality is the entire Industrial Society is Criminal.
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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The most dangerous and destructive person in this world is the University Graduate.
University Graduates are responsible for all Industrial Activity in this world that has decimated millions of species and destroyed Forests, Rivers, Oceans and Atmosphere.
Education has destroyed the planet.
Universities have destroyed the planet.
Scientists, Engineers, Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates have destroyed the planet.
The most dangerous and destructive industry in this world is Education Industry.
All Industrial Activity that is destroying environment is being run by Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education.
Universities and Colleges are producing millions of Scientists, Engineers, Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates who are running and promoting all Industrial Activity in this world.
Education Industry is the source of all Industrial Activity.....All other Industries are by products of Education Industry.
Education Industry is the Mother of all Industries.
Education Industry is the Mother of all Environmental Destruction in this world.
Destruction of environment can never be stopped until Universities are closed down.
Decimation of millions of species cannot be stopped until Universities are closed down.
Destruction of Forests, Rivers and Oceans cannot be stopped until Universities are closed down.
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Billions of animals are being slaughtered in Industrial Slaughter Houses every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Industrial Farming of Animals, Construction of Industrial Slaughter Houses, Refrigeration/ Transportation Industry which transports live and dead animals all over the world and Marketing Industry which sells meat.
Billions of fish are being killed by Industrial Fishing every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Industrial Ships which catch fish, Refrigeration/ Transportation Industry which transports fish all over the world and Marketing Industry which sells fish.
Millions of acres of Forests are being destroyed by Industrial Activity every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Marketing Industry, Construction Industry, Transportation Industry, Oil Drilling and Refining Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road networks which are destroying forests moment by moment.
Millions of wild animals in forests are being killed by Industrial Activity every day because of Education....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for the decimation of wild animals.
Millions of tonnes of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Industrial Waste is being added to environment every day because of Education.....Millions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical waste, Gaseous Waste and eWaste are being added to environment every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for the poisoning of Rivers, Oceans, Land and Sky/ Atmosphere.
Millions of acres of Fertile Soil is being killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt every day because of Education....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for destruction of fertile soil by Construction Industry.
Education is responsible for thousands of tonnes of Nuclear Waste produced by Nuclear Industry which will keep contaminating the planet with hazardous radioactivity for the next thousands of years.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Radioactivity produced by Nuclear Industry which will remain a potential source of Death, Cancer, Multiple Organ Failures, Physical Deformities and Mental Abnormalities for thousands of years.
Education is also the source of Banking Industry [ IMF, World Bank and Millions of other National and International Banks] which is financing all Industrial Activity in this world that is destroying environment.....Banking Industry is being run by millions of Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates.
Education is also the source of the "Military Industrial Complex"....Millions of tonnes of Weapons and Explosives are being produced by "Military Industrial Complex" because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Production, Transportation and Marketing of weapons all over the world.
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Don't blame Big Corporations for environmental destruction...... Blame University Graduates and Urban Population.
All Corporations [big or small] are being run by University Graduates and Urban Population.
Don't blame Nuclear Power Plants, Coal Power Plants, Industrial Dams, Oil Industry, Tar Sands & Fracking Industry, Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry, Transportation Industry and GM Food Industry for environmental destruction...... Blame University Graduates and Urban Population.
The entire work force of Industries and Corporations [White Collar and Blue Collar] is made up of Urban Dwellers......Billions of Urban Dwellers are employed in Industries and Corporations.
Urban Population and Urban Work have destroyed environment.
Billions of Urban Dwellers are engaged in the destructive cycle of "Production of consumer goods and services" , "Selling of consumer goods and services" and "Buying of consumer goods and services".
University Graduates and Urban Dwellers are the butchers of environment.
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Give free food to the Urban Population, but for God's sake stop Urban Work [A fraction of world population is already producing food for entire population].
If Urban Society stops its supplies to Rural Society it will live forever.
If Rural Society stops its supplies to Urban Society it will die within a month.
That is the worth of Urban Jobs, Consumer Goods, Growth Rate, Economy Rate and GDP.
Urban Work has destroyed environment.
Urban Work is extra, unnecessary, destructive and worthless.
Industrial Activity is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Consumerism is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Destruction of environment is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Insanity, abnormality and criminality is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
In America 95% of population is urban.....That is why America is the mother of all extra, unnecessary and destructive work in this world....That is why consumerism is so rampant in America.....5% of world population consuming 25 - 40% of world resources.
In Europe 80 - 90% of population is urban.....That is why Europe is highly consumerist and destructive too.
In China and India, consumerism and destruction of environment have risen drastically with increase in urban population.
Urban Population is criminal.
50% of world population is criminal.
The planet is dying and gasping for last breath.
Urban Work must stop immediately.
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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University Graduates are responsible for all Industrial Activity in this world that has decimated millions of species and destroyed Forests, Rivers, Oceans and Atmosphere.
Education has destroyed the planet.
Universities have destroyed the planet.
Scientists, Engineers, Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates have destroyed the planet.
The most dangerous and destructive industry in this world is Education Industry.
All Industrial Activity that is destroying environment is being run by Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education.
Universities and Colleges are producing millions of Scientists, Engineers, Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates who are running and promoting all Industrial Activity in this world.
Education Industry is the source of all Industrial Activity.....All other Industries are by products of Education Industry.
Education Industry is the Mother of all Industries.
Education Industry is the Mother of all Environmental Destruction in this world.
Destruction of environment can never be stopped until Universities are closed down.
Decimation of millions of species cannot be stopped until Universities are closed down.
Destruction of Forests, Rivers and Oceans cannot be stopped until Universities are closed down.
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.
Billions of animals are being slaughtered in Industrial Slaughter Houses every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Industrial Farming of Animals, Construction of Industrial Slaughter Houses, Refrigeration/ Transportation Industry which transports live and dead animals all over the world and Marketing Industry which sells meat.
Billions of fish are being killed by Industrial Fishing every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Industrial Ships which catch fish, Refrigeration/ Transportation Industry which transports fish all over the world and Marketing Industry which sells fish.
Millions of acres of Forests are being destroyed by Industrial Activity every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Energy Generation Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Marketing Industry, Construction Industry, Transportation Industry, Oil Drilling and Refining Industry, Millions of kilometers of Rail and Road networks which are destroying forests moment by moment.
Millions of wild animals in forests are being killed by Industrial Activity every day because of Education....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for the decimation of wild animals.
Millions of tonnes of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Industrial Waste is being added to environment every day because of Education.....Millions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical waste, Gaseous Waste and eWaste are being added to environment every day because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for the poisoning of Rivers, Oceans, Land and Sky/ Atmosphere.
Millions of acres of Fertile Soil is being killed by Cement, Concrete and Asphalt every day because of Education....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for destruction of fertile soil by Construction Industry.
Education is responsible for thousands of tonnes of Nuclear Waste produced by Nuclear Industry which will keep contaminating the planet with hazardous radioactivity for the next thousands of years.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Radioactivity produced by Nuclear Industry which will remain a potential source of Death, Cancer, Multiple Organ Failures, Physical Deformities and Mental Abnormalities for thousands of years.
Education is also the source of Banking Industry [ IMF, World Bank and Millions of other National and International Banks] which is financing all Industrial Activity in this world that is destroying environment.....Banking Industry is being run by millions of Economists, MBA's, Business and Finance Graduates.
Education is also the source of the "Military Industrial Complex"....Millions of tonnes of Weapons and Explosives are being produced by "Military Industrial Complex" because of Education.....Scientific, Technological, Industrial, Business and Financial Education is responsible for Production, Transportation and Marketing of weapons all over the world.
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Don't blame Big Corporations for environmental destruction...... Blame University Graduates and Urban Population.
All Corporations [big or small] are being run by University Graduates and Urban Population.
Don't blame Nuclear Power Plants, Coal Power Plants, Industrial Dams, Oil Industry, Tar Sands & Fracking Industry, Mining Industry, Logging Industry, Manufacturing Industry, Construction Industry, Transportation Industry and GM Food Industry for environmental destruction...... Blame University Graduates and Urban Population.
The entire work force of Industries and Corporations [White Collar and Blue Collar] is made up of Urban Dwellers......Billions of Urban Dwellers are employed in Industries and Corporations.
Urban Population and Urban Work have destroyed environment.
Billions of Urban Dwellers are engaged in the destructive cycle of "Production of consumer goods and services" , "Selling of consumer goods and services" and "Buying of consumer goods and services".
University Graduates and Urban Dwellers are the butchers of environment.
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Give free food to the Urban Population, but for God's sake stop Urban Work [A fraction of world population is already producing food for entire population].
If Urban Society stops its supplies to Rural Society it will live forever.
If Rural Society stops its supplies to Urban Society it will die within a month.
That is the worth of Urban Jobs, Consumer Goods, Growth Rate, Economy Rate and GDP.
Urban Work has destroyed environment.
Urban Work is extra, unnecessary, destructive and worthless.
Industrial Activity is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Consumerism is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Destruction of environment is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
Insanity, abnormality and criminality is directly proportional to percentage of urban population.
In America 95% of population is urban.....That is why America is the mother of all extra, unnecessary and destructive work in this world....That is why consumerism is so rampant in America.....5% of world population consuming 25 - 40% of world resources.
In Europe 80 - 90% of population is urban.....That is why Europe is highly consumerist and destructive too.
In China and India, consumerism and destruction of environment have risen drastically with increase in urban population.
Urban Population is criminal.
50% of world population is criminal.
The planet is dying and gasping for last breath.
Urban Work must stop immediately.
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Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
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emordnilap
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Welcome back, sushil. We hear you loud and clear.
Nice documentary here, the subject of which will deal with much of industrial society, starting with coastal conglomerations. Not a long film; enjoy.
The best thought in it (sorry, I don't recall the precise wording), for me was, "Anyone who denies climate change has only to look at the data."
Nice documentary here, the subject of which will deal with much of industrial society, starting with coastal conglomerations. Not a long film; enjoy.
The best thought in it (sorry, I don't recall the precise wording), for me was, "Anyone who denies climate change has only to look at the data."
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
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sushil_yadav
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The planet is dying and gasping for last breath because of Environmental Destruction.....Without nature Man will not even exist on earth.
In the present scenario, the one and only important issue for everyone should be environment, but the crazy citizens of Industrial Society are engaging in billions of pages of discussion, debate and argument on hundreds of trivial issues : Politics, Elections, Inequality, Gender, Sexuality, Caste, Unemployment, Economy, Inflation.
What are people going to do with all these issues on a Dead Planet???
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Ship of Fools.
By Ted Kaczynski.
Once upon a time, the captain and the mates of a ship grew so vain of their seamanship, so full of hubris and so impressed with themselves, that they went mad. They turned the ship north and sailed until they met with icebergs and dangerous floes, and they kept sailing north into more and more perilous waters, solely in order to give themselves opportunities to perform ever-more-brilliant feats of seamanship.
As the ship reached higher and higher latitudes, the passengers and crew became increasingly uncomfortable. They began quarreling among themselves and complaining of the conditions under which they lived.
“Shiver me timbers,” said an able seaman, “if this ain’t the worst voyage I’ve ever been on. The deck is slick with ice; when I’m on lookout the wind cuts through me jacket like a knife; every time I reef the foresail I blamed-near freeze me fingers; and all I get for it is a miserable five shillings a month!”
“You think you have it bad!” said a lady passenger. “I can’t sleep at night for the cold. Ladies on this ship don’t get as many blankets as the men. It isn’t fair!”
A Mexican sailor chimed in: “¡Chingado! I’m only getting half the wages of the Anglo seamen. We need plenty of food to keep us warm in this climate, and I’m not getting my share; the Anglos get more. And the worst of it is that the mates always give me orders in English instead of Spanish.”
“I have more reason to complain than anybody,” said an American Indian sailor. “If the palefaces hadn’t robbed me of my ancestral lands, I wouldn’t even be on this ship, here among the icebergs and arctic winds. I would just be paddling a canoe on a nice, placid lake. I deserve compensation. At the very least, the captain should let me run a crap game so that I can make some money.”
The bosun spoke up: “Yesterday the first mate called me a ‘fruit’ just because I suck cocks. I have a right to suck cocks without being called names for it!”
It’s not only humans who are mistreated on this ship,” interjected an animal-lover among the passengers, her voice quivering with indignation. “Why, last week I saw the second mate kick the ship’s dog twice!”
One of the passengers was a college professor. Wringing his hands he exclaimed,
“All this is just awful! It’s immoral! It’s racism, sexism, speciesism, homophobia, and exploitation of the working class! It’s discrimination! We must have social justice: Equal wages for the Mexican sailor, higher wages for all sailors, compensation for the Indian, equal blankets for the ladies, a guaranteed right to suck cocks, and no more kicking the dog!”
“Yes, yes!” shouted the passengers. “Aye-aye!” shouted the crew. “It’s discrimination! We have to demand our rights!”
The cabin boy cleared his throat.
“Ahem. You all have good reasons to complain. But it seems to me that what we really have to do is get this ship turned around and headed back south, because if we keep going north we’re sure to be wrecked sooner or later, and then your wages, your blankets, and your right to suck cocks won’t do you any good, because we’ll all drown.”
But no one paid any attention to him, because he was only the cabin boy.
The captain and the mates, from their station on the poop deck, had been watching and listening. Now they smiled and winked at one another, and at a gesture from the captain the third mate came down from the poop deck, sauntered over to where the passengers and crew were gathered, and shouldered his way in amongst them. He put a very serious expression on his face and spoke thusly:
“We officers have to admit that some really inexcusable things have been happening on this ship. We hadn’t realized how bad the situation was until we heard your complaints. We are men of good will and want to do right by you. But — well — the captain is rather conservative and set in his ways, and may have to be prodded a bit before he’ll make any substantial changes. My personal opinion is that if you protest vigorously — but always peacefully and without violating any of the ship’s rules — you would shake the captain out of his inertia and force him to address the problems of which you so justly complain.”
Having said this, the third mate headed back toward the poop deck. As he went, the passengers and crew called after him, “Moderate! Reformer! Goody-liberal! Captain’s stooge!” But they nevertheless did as he said. They gathered in a body before the poop deck, shouted insults at the officers, and demanded their rights: “I want higher wages and better working conditions,” cried the able seaman. “Equal blankets for women,” cried the lady passenger. “I want to receive my orders in Spanish,” cried the Mexican sailor. “I want the right to run a crap game,” cried the Indian sailor. “I don’t want to be called a fruit,” cried the bosun. “No more kicking the dog,” cried the animal lover. “Revolution now,” cried the professor.
The captain and the mates huddled together and conferred for several minutes, winking, nodding and smiling at one another all the while. Then the captain stepped to the front of the poop deck and, with a great show of benevolence, announced that the able seaman’s wages would be raised to six shillings a month; the Mexican sailor’s wages would be raised to two-thirds the wages of an Anglo seaman, and the order to reef the foresail would be given in Spanish; lady passengers would receive one more blanket; the Indian sailor would be allowed to run a crap game on Saturday nights; the bosun wouldn’t be called a fruit as long as he kept his cocksucking strictly private; and the dog wouldn’t be kicked unless he did something really naughty, such as stealing food from the galley.
The passengers and crew celebrated these concessions as a great victory, but the next morning, they were again feeling dissatisfied.
“Six shillings a month is a pittance, and I still freeze me fingers when I reef the foresail,” grumbled the able seaman. “I’m still not getting the same wages as the Anglos, or enough food for this climate,” said the Mexican sailor. “We women still don’t have enough blankets to keep us warm,” said the lady passenger. The other crewmen and passengers voiced similar complaints, and the professor egged them on.
When they were done, the cabin boy spoke up — louder this time so that the others could not easily ignore him:
“It’s really terrible that the dog gets kicked for stealing a bit of bread from the galley, and that women don’t have equal blankets, and that the able seaman gets his fingers frozen; and I don’t see why the bosun shouldn’t suck cocks if he wants to. But look how thick the icebergs are now, and how the wind blows harder and harder! We’ve got to turn this ship back toward the south, because if we keep going north we’ll be wrecked and drowned.”
“Oh yes,” said the bosun, “It’s just so awful that we keep heading north. But why should I have to keep cocksucking in the closet? Why should I be called a fruit? Ain’t I as good as everyone else?”
“Sailing north is terrible,” said the lady passenger. “But don’t you see? That’s exactly why women need more blankets to keep them warm. I demand equal blankets for women now!”
“It’s quite true,” said the professor, “that sailing to the north imposes great hardships on all of us. But changing course toward the south would be unrealistic. You can’t turn back the clock. We must find a mature way of dealing with the situation.”
“Look,” said the cabin boy, “If we let those four madmen up on the poop deck have their way, we’ll all be drowned. If we ever get the ship out of danger, then we can worry about working conditions, blankets for women, and the right to suck cocks. But first we’ve got to get this vessel turned around. If a few of us get together, make a plan, and show some courage, we can save ourselves. It wouldn’t take many of us — six or eight would do. We could charge the poop, chuck those lunatics overboard, and turn the ship to the south.”
The professor elevated his nose and said sternly, “I don’t believe in violence. It’s immoral.”
“It’s unethical ever to use violence,” said the bosun.
“I’m terrified of violence,” said the lady passenger.
The captain and the mates had been watching and listening all the while. At a signal from the captain, the third mate stepped down to the main deck. He went about among the passengers and crew, telling them that there were still many problems on the ship.
“We have made much progress,” he said, “But much remains to be done. Working conditions for the able seaman are still hard, the Mexican still isn’t getting the same wages as the Anglos, the women still don’t have quite as many blankets as the men, the Indian’s Saturday-night crap game is a paltry compensation for his lost lands, it’s unfair to the bosun that he has to keep his cocksucking in the closet, and the dog still gets kicked at times.
“I think the captain needs to be prodded again. It would help if you all would put on another protest — as long as it remains nonviolent.”
As the third mate walked back toward the stern, the passengers and the crew shouted insults after him, but they nevertheless did what he said and gathered in front of the poop deck for another protest. They ranted and raved and brandished their fists, and they even threw a rotten egg at the captain (which he skillfully dodged).
After hearing their complaints, the captain and the mates huddled for a conference, during which they winked and grinned broadly at one another. Then the captain stepped to the front of the poop deck and announced that the able seaman would be given gloves to keep his fingers warm, the Mexican sailor would receive wages equal to three-fourths the wages of an Anglo seaman, the women would receive yet another blanket, the Indian sailor could run a crap game on Saturday and Sunday nights, the bosun would be allowed to suck cocks publicly after dark, and no one could kick the dog without special permission from the captain.
The passengers and crew were ecstatic over this great revolutionary victory, but by the next morning they were again feeling dissatisfied and began grumbling about the same old hardships.
The cabin boy this time was getting angry.
“You damn fools!” he shouted. “Don’t you see what the captain and the mates are doing? They’re keeping you occupied with your trivial grievances about blankets and wages and the dog being kicked so that you won’t think about what is really wrong with this ship — that it’s getting farther and farther to the north and we’re all going to be drowned. If just a few of you would come to your senses, get together, and charge the poop deck, we could turn this ship around and save ourselves. But all you do is whine about petty little issues like working conditions and crap games and the right to suck cocks.”
The passengers and the crew were incensed.
“Petty!!” cried the Mexican, “Do you think it’s reasonable that I get only three-fourths the wages of an Anglo sailor? Is that petty?”
“How can you call my grievance trivial? shouted the bosun. “Don’t you know how humiliating it is to be called a fruit?”
“Kicking the dog is not a ‘petty little issue!’” screamed the animal-lover. “It’s heartless, cruel, and brutal!”
“Alright then,” answered the cabin boy. “These issues are not petty and trivial. Kicking the dog is cruel and brutal and it is humiliating to be called a fruit. But in comparison to our real problem — in comparison to the fact that the ship is still heading north — your grievances are petty and trivial, because if we don’t get this ship turned around soon, we’re all going to drown.”
“Fascist!” said the professor.
“Counterrevolutionary!” said the lady passenger. And all of the passengers and crew chimed in one after another, calling the cabin boy a fascist and a counterrevolutionary. They pushed him away and went back to grumbling about wages, and about blankets for women, and about the right to suck cocks, and about how the dog was treated.
The ship kept sailing north, and after a while it was crushed between two icebergs and everyone drowned.
Ship of Fools.
By Ted Kaczynski.
.
.
Industrial Society will discuss itself to destruction [extinction].
Industrial Society will debate itself to destruction [extinction].
Industrial Society will argue itself to destruction [extinction].
Endless Discussion, Debate and Argument is a disease and insanity of Industrial Society that invented the Printing Press, Radio, Television, Telephone and Internet.
Billions of Pages of Discussion, Debate and Argument is another harmful waste produced by Industrial Society which has generated billions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous Waste and eWaste.
.
.
Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
.
In the present scenario, the one and only important issue for everyone should be environment, but the crazy citizens of Industrial Society are engaging in billions of pages of discussion, debate and argument on hundreds of trivial issues : Politics, Elections, Inequality, Gender, Sexuality, Caste, Unemployment, Economy, Inflation.
What are people going to do with all these issues on a Dead Planet???
.
.
Ship of Fools.
By Ted Kaczynski.
Once upon a time, the captain and the mates of a ship grew so vain of their seamanship, so full of hubris and so impressed with themselves, that they went mad. They turned the ship north and sailed until they met with icebergs and dangerous floes, and they kept sailing north into more and more perilous waters, solely in order to give themselves opportunities to perform ever-more-brilliant feats of seamanship.
As the ship reached higher and higher latitudes, the passengers and crew became increasingly uncomfortable. They began quarreling among themselves and complaining of the conditions under which they lived.
“Shiver me timbers,” said an able seaman, “if this ain’t the worst voyage I’ve ever been on. The deck is slick with ice; when I’m on lookout the wind cuts through me jacket like a knife; every time I reef the foresail I blamed-near freeze me fingers; and all I get for it is a miserable five shillings a month!”
“You think you have it bad!” said a lady passenger. “I can’t sleep at night for the cold. Ladies on this ship don’t get as many blankets as the men. It isn’t fair!”
A Mexican sailor chimed in: “¡Chingado! I’m only getting half the wages of the Anglo seamen. We need plenty of food to keep us warm in this climate, and I’m not getting my share; the Anglos get more. And the worst of it is that the mates always give me orders in English instead of Spanish.”
“I have more reason to complain than anybody,” said an American Indian sailor. “If the palefaces hadn’t robbed me of my ancestral lands, I wouldn’t even be on this ship, here among the icebergs and arctic winds. I would just be paddling a canoe on a nice, placid lake. I deserve compensation. At the very least, the captain should let me run a crap game so that I can make some money.”
The bosun spoke up: “Yesterday the first mate called me a ‘fruit’ just because I suck cocks. I have a right to suck cocks without being called names for it!”
It’s not only humans who are mistreated on this ship,” interjected an animal-lover among the passengers, her voice quivering with indignation. “Why, last week I saw the second mate kick the ship’s dog twice!”
One of the passengers was a college professor. Wringing his hands he exclaimed,
“All this is just awful! It’s immoral! It’s racism, sexism, speciesism, homophobia, and exploitation of the working class! It’s discrimination! We must have social justice: Equal wages for the Mexican sailor, higher wages for all sailors, compensation for the Indian, equal blankets for the ladies, a guaranteed right to suck cocks, and no more kicking the dog!”
“Yes, yes!” shouted the passengers. “Aye-aye!” shouted the crew. “It’s discrimination! We have to demand our rights!”
The cabin boy cleared his throat.
“Ahem. You all have good reasons to complain. But it seems to me that what we really have to do is get this ship turned around and headed back south, because if we keep going north we’re sure to be wrecked sooner or later, and then your wages, your blankets, and your right to suck cocks won’t do you any good, because we’ll all drown.”
But no one paid any attention to him, because he was only the cabin boy.
The captain and the mates, from their station on the poop deck, had been watching and listening. Now they smiled and winked at one another, and at a gesture from the captain the third mate came down from the poop deck, sauntered over to where the passengers and crew were gathered, and shouldered his way in amongst them. He put a very serious expression on his face and spoke thusly:
“We officers have to admit that some really inexcusable things have been happening on this ship. We hadn’t realized how bad the situation was until we heard your complaints. We are men of good will and want to do right by you. But — well — the captain is rather conservative and set in his ways, and may have to be prodded a bit before he’ll make any substantial changes. My personal opinion is that if you protest vigorously — but always peacefully and without violating any of the ship’s rules — you would shake the captain out of his inertia and force him to address the problems of which you so justly complain.”
Having said this, the third mate headed back toward the poop deck. As he went, the passengers and crew called after him, “Moderate! Reformer! Goody-liberal! Captain’s stooge!” But they nevertheless did as he said. They gathered in a body before the poop deck, shouted insults at the officers, and demanded their rights: “I want higher wages and better working conditions,” cried the able seaman. “Equal blankets for women,” cried the lady passenger. “I want to receive my orders in Spanish,” cried the Mexican sailor. “I want the right to run a crap game,” cried the Indian sailor. “I don’t want to be called a fruit,” cried the bosun. “No more kicking the dog,” cried the animal lover. “Revolution now,” cried the professor.
The captain and the mates huddled together and conferred for several minutes, winking, nodding and smiling at one another all the while. Then the captain stepped to the front of the poop deck and, with a great show of benevolence, announced that the able seaman’s wages would be raised to six shillings a month; the Mexican sailor’s wages would be raised to two-thirds the wages of an Anglo seaman, and the order to reef the foresail would be given in Spanish; lady passengers would receive one more blanket; the Indian sailor would be allowed to run a crap game on Saturday nights; the bosun wouldn’t be called a fruit as long as he kept his cocksucking strictly private; and the dog wouldn’t be kicked unless he did something really naughty, such as stealing food from the galley.
The passengers and crew celebrated these concessions as a great victory, but the next morning, they were again feeling dissatisfied.
“Six shillings a month is a pittance, and I still freeze me fingers when I reef the foresail,” grumbled the able seaman. “I’m still not getting the same wages as the Anglos, or enough food for this climate,” said the Mexican sailor. “We women still don’t have enough blankets to keep us warm,” said the lady passenger. The other crewmen and passengers voiced similar complaints, and the professor egged them on.
When they were done, the cabin boy spoke up — louder this time so that the others could not easily ignore him:
“It’s really terrible that the dog gets kicked for stealing a bit of bread from the galley, and that women don’t have equal blankets, and that the able seaman gets his fingers frozen; and I don’t see why the bosun shouldn’t suck cocks if he wants to. But look how thick the icebergs are now, and how the wind blows harder and harder! We’ve got to turn this ship back toward the south, because if we keep going north we’ll be wrecked and drowned.”
“Oh yes,” said the bosun, “It’s just so awful that we keep heading north. But why should I have to keep cocksucking in the closet? Why should I be called a fruit? Ain’t I as good as everyone else?”
“Sailing north is terrible,” said the lady passenger. “But don’t you see? That’s exactly why women need more blankets to keep them warm. I demand equal blankets for women now!”
“It’s quite true,” said the professor, “that sailing to the north imposes great hardships on all of us. But changing course toward the south would be unrealistic. You can’t turn back the clock. We must find a mature way of dealing with the situation.”
“Look,” said the cabin boy, “If we let those four madmen up on the poop deck have their way, we’ll all be drowned. If we ever get the ship out of danger, then we can worry about working conditions, blankets for women, and the right to suck cocks. But first we’ve got to get this vessel turned around. If a few of us get together, make a plan, and show some courage, we can save ourselves. It wouldn’t take many of us — six or eight would do. We could charge the poop, chuck those lunatics overboard, and turn the ship to the south.”
The professor elevated his nose and said sternly, “I don’t believe in violence. It’s immoral.”
“It’s unethical ever to use violence,” said the bosun.
“I’m terrified of violence,” said the lady passenger.
The captain and the mates had been watching and listening all the while. At a signal from the captain, the third mate stepped down to the main deck. He went about among the passengers and crew, telling them that there were still many problems on the ship.
“We have made much progress,” he said, “But much remains to be done. Working conditions for the able seaman are still hard, the Mexican still isn’t getting the same wages as the Anglos, the women still don’t have quite as many blankets as the men, the Indian’s Saturday-night crap game is a paltry compensation for his lost lands, it’s unfair to the bosun that he has to keep his cocksucking in the closet, and the dog still gets kicked at times.
“I think the captain needs to be prodded again. It would help if you all would put on another protest — as long as it remains nonviolent.”
As the third mate walked back toward the stern, the passengers and the crew shouted insults after him, but they nevertheless did what he said and gathered in front of the poop deck for another protest. They ranted and raved and brandished their fists, and they even threw a rotten egg at the captain (which he skillfully dodged).
After hearing their complaints, the captain and the mates huddled for a conference, during which they winked and grinned broadly at one another. Then the captain stepped to the front of the poop deck and announced that the able seaman would be given gloves to keep his fingers warm, the Mexican sailor would receive wages equal to three-fourths the wages of an Anglo seaman, the women would receive yet another blanket, the Indian sailor could run a crap game on Saturday and Sunday nights, the bosun would be allowed to suck cocks publicly after dark, and no one could kick the dog without special permission from the captain.
The passengers and crew were ecstatic over this great revolutionary victory, but by the next morning they were again feeling dissatisfied and began grumbling about the same old hardships.
The cabin boy this time was getting angry.
“You damn fools!” he shouted. “Don’t you see what the captain and the mates are doing? They’re keeping you occupied with your trivial grievances about blankets and wages and the dog being kicked so that you won’t think about what is really wrong with this ship — that it’s getting farther and farther to the north and we’re all going to be drowned. If just a few of you would come to your senses, get together, and charge the poop deck, we could turn this ship around and save ourselves. But all you do is whine about petty little issues like working conditions and crap games and the right to suck cocks.”
The passengers and the crew were incensed.
“Petty!!” cried the Mexican, “Do you think it’s reasonable that I get only three-fourths the wages of an Anglo sailor? Is that petty?”
“How can you call my grievance trivial? shouted the bosun. “Don’t you know how humiliating it is to be called a fruit?”
“Kicking the dog is not a ‘petty little issue!’” screamed the animal-lover. “It’s heartless, cruel, and brutal!”
“Alright then,” answered the cabin boy. “These issues are not petty and trivial. Kicking the dog is cruel and brutal and it is humiliating to be called a fruit. But in comparison to our real problem — in comparison to the fact that the ship is still heading north — your grievances are petty and trivial, because if we don’t get this ship turned around soon, we’re all going to drown.”
“Fascist!” said the professor.
“Counterrevolutionary!” said the lady passenger. And all of the passengers and crew chimed in one after another, calling the cabin boy a fascist and a counterrevolutionary. They pushed him away and went back to grumbling about wages, and about blankets for women, and about the right to suck cocks, and about how the dog was treated.
The ship kept sailing north, and after a while it was crushed between two icebergs and everyone drowned.
Ship of Fools.
By Ted Kaczynski.
.
.
Industrial Society will discuss itself to destruction [extinction].
Industrial Society will debate itself to destruction [extinction].
Industrial Society will argue itself to destruction [extinction].
Endless Discussion, Debate and Argument is a disease and insanity of Industrial Society that invented the Printing Press, Radio, Television, Telephone and Internet.
Billions of Pages of Discussion, Debate and Argument is another harmful waste produced by Industrial Society which has generated billions of tonnes of Metal Waste, Plastic Waste, Chemical Waste, Gaseous Waste and eWaste.
.
.
Industrialization was the biggest crime on earth.
Agrarian society was the limit for man on earth.
Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.
Stop Education.....Close Down Universities.
Stop Urban Work.....Close Down the Cities.
.
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emordnilap
- Posts: 14814
- Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
- Location: here
The above would have been perfectly sufficient to make a point; instead you had to bulk it out with the writing of someone of notoriety (good ends, bad means - and the means are what he's remembered for).sushil_yadav wrote:The planet is dying and gasping for last breath because of Environmental Destruction.....Without nature Man will not even exist on earth.
In the present scenario, the one and only important issue for everyone should be environment, but the crazy citizens of Industrial Society are engaging in billions of pages of discussion, debate and argument on hundreds of trivial issues : Politics, Elections, Inequality, Gender, Sexuality, Caste, Unemployment, Economy, Inflation.
What are people going to do with all these issues on a Dead Planet???.
SY, no offence intended - I agree with your main point - but keeping posts to that length would have far greater influence than your usual style (I'm assuming you post elsewhere).
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker