tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post849578108492316457..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Monbiot - the Suicidal Madness of Mankind's War on the Living WorldThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21951351073740202822014-10-03T11:55:34.519-07:002014-10-03T11:55:34.519-07:00I think if we can cause change this cataclysmic in...I think if we can cause change this cataclysmic in such a brief interval, Lorne, what must lie in store for us in just another decade or two?<br /><br />We're not only consuming the resources essential to sustaining all life on Earth at 1.5 times the environment's replenishment rate but our consumption leaves nothing for everything else.<br /><br />We have a very poor grasp of the critical importance of biodiversity to our own survival. <br /><br />I've watched closely to see what reaction this report would garner in the halls of power. Nothing, nothing at all. At this point, Lorne, we're all Easter Islanders.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57463298860927890712014-10-03T11:20:38.788-07:002014-10-03T11:20:38.788-07:00Your post put me in mind of the recent scenes show...Your post put me in mind of the recent scenes showing huge lemming-like lineups for the new IPhones, Mound. Ironic, isn't it, that while we seem to disassociate ourselves from the animal kingdom, we show repeatedly that we have much it common with it?Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com