I’m kind of motivated about climate change. If an informed, networked, intelligent society, after careful and cooperative study, decided that the only viable low-carbon energy production and consumption system for the near future had to be one that involved nuclear power in the mix, I would accept it, albeit with deep reluctance.
Instead, we have an arrogant clique, run by an arrogant man who clearly enjoys thinking of himself as a big player amongst world players, and who shows precious little love or understanding of either science or ecosystems. The kind of man who would start a war in the name of democracy, when over a million of his own people (and that was just in London) had taken to the streets to say – in a beautiful, peaceful, rather British kind of way – "well, no, actually".
I don’t want "strong leaders". I want truth, and cooperation, and genuine debate. And some intelligent, honest decision making, dammit.
I also want beauty and love, but the actions of world leaders remind me how to feel hate, on days like today. I listened to the news on the radio this morning, turned south, and spent the next minute or so visualising hurt and harm to that self same arrogant man.
It isn’t the right answer… Love is the answer, though applying it is way tricky. Gotta dismantle the ideas, and ignore the figureheads. World leaders are just another kind of life form: they possibly even deserve as much compassion as cutworms* do. But on days like today, I listen to decisions taken about the world I love, reckless, thoughtless decisions which seem way beyond my control, and what I feel is hate.
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* See "Cutworm" post, Tuesday, May 23, 2006.
(You’re right, Ingaborg: this user interface so sucks – can’t find a way to back link to archived posts: yuck!!)
Instead, we have an arrogant clique, run by an arrogant man who clearly enjoys thinking of himself as a big player amongst world players, and who shows precious little love or understanding of either science or ecosystems. The kind of man who would start a war in the name of democracy, when over a million of his own people (and that was just in London) had taken to the streets to say – in a beautiful, peaceful, rather British kind of way – "well, no, actually".
I don’t want "strong leaders". I want truth, and cooperation, and genuine debate. And some intelligent, honest decision making, dammit.
I also want beauty and love, but the actions of world leaders remind me how to feel hate, on days like today. I listened to the news on the radio this morning, turned south, and spent the next minute or so visualising hurt and harm to that self same arrogant man.
It isn’t the right answer… Love is the answer, though applying it is way tricky. Gotta dismantle the ideas, and ignore the figureheads. World leaders are just another kind of life form: they possibly even deserve as much compassion as cutworms* do. But on days like today, I listen to decisions taken about the world I love, reckless, thoughtless decisions which seem way beyond my control, and what I feel is hate.
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* See "Cutworm" post, Tuesday, May 23, 2006.
(You’re right, Ingaborg: this user interface so sucks – can’t find a way to back link to archived posts: yuck!!)
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