Dec 30
So much for the “Gentle Planet”
It is impossible for me to grasp the sheer horror of what has happened in the lands adjacent to the Indian Ocean as a result of the tsunami. I have already made a donation to one of the many charities you can find on the Internet, and I urge readers to do the same. In this increasingly globalised world, let us take full advantage of the power of modern communications to do what we can to help. Be sure to take real care in the kind of groups you choose, mind. I tend to steer clear of the more blatantly political ones and the big NGOs, preferring those taking the most practical approach to aid delivery.
One thing that I think that may come out of this, if we are lucky, is an end to the Green cant expression, “The Gentle Earth”. The next time I hear an environmentalist witter on about how Man is disrupting the stable, delicate fabric of this planet, I will want to spit. The Earth can unleash terrible forces and has done so since it was formed billions of years ago. Stability lies more in the human imagination than in the reality of our world. A lot of people who tend to assume that nature is all green and cuddly have suffered a monstrous shock.
I fear the news is going to get grimmer in the next few weeks.
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Some hope,the next thing we will hear is that the Earth is angry at the Americans,any bets?
Already happened, some Greenpeace idiots said the earthquake was because of global warming and ranted against the US.
What is one hundred thousand?
I was trying to get a grasp of One Hundred Thousand. I’ve been reading that that is the minimum for the number killed from the Tsunami. It’s a pretty hard thing to grasp, but I’ll give it a try.
Sun Devil Stadium holds 73,521 for football.