tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527171481755503539.post1237664000821817358..comments2024-01-15T00:37:41.436-08:00Comments on greenormal: What are we doing to mother earth?John Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799770191061315053noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527171481755503539.post-75467550280828543452008-07-29T03:35:00.000-07:002008-07-29T03:35:00.000-07:00yes that's a very telling comparison, it certainly...yes that's a very telling comparison, it certainly raises the emotional stakes<BR/><BR/>the retrospective judgement by history is key in all this - when we are known as the eco criminals in a way which may not be clear right now<BR/><BR/>at the wwf meeting when someone was talking about taking a quaker approach i was remembering that many slavers in the colonies were from this sort of religious background - they tended to be the 'better' ones, who treated people a little better. but being 'a good slaver' (or a good nazi')...?<BR/><BR/>it's not about applying other times' standards to our own (say if in future the rights of women were not respected) but sometimes looking forward and looking back throws things in starker relief?John Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799770191061315053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6527171481755503539.post-35143345867115517322008-07-29T02:31:00.000-07:002008-07-29T02:31:00.000-07:00Interesting post. Sometimes I wonder what it must ...Interesting post. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like to live in Nazi Germany and to be aware of the holocaust taking place. How would you feel (completely powerless, perhaps?), what, realistically, could you do? <BR/><BR/>Might there be any parrallel to the times we are now living through - except that the crime is against other life and the earth itself. Ecocide or Geocide, as it has been called. When you realise that crime on this scale is going on (and it is crime, because many leaders are taking actions with full knowledge of the science) how do you feel and what can you do? <BR/><BR/>EllaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com