Character A: He wants to destroy the universe!I don't think of myself as an environmentalist, but I probably am. I hate science fiction stories where people assume the right or inevitable thing to do is to exhaust the Earth and move on. I really like this planet. I'm happy to be a city guy, but I've hiked and camped and canoed, and I suppose that's part of me.
Character B: But where will he live?
I'm writing this post for two reasons.
Someone I like retweeted something really sweet: "Please remember that the world has always been this bad, and often much much worse. What has changed is your access to information." —Dan Curtis Johnson @dcurtisj
I think that's a very important message. Yet I replied: "Well, except for the environment."
This morning, there was this:
@alexhern @amendlocke What? A protest that upsets people? May that never happen again!
— Will Shetterly (@WillShetterly) December 11, 2014
@alexhern The bourgeoisie can always characterize protest as "being a dick". @amendlocke
— Will Shetterly (@WillShetterly) December 11, 2014
Might Greenpeace have been more respectful of a historical site? Sure, but draping cloth and leaving a few footprints will do far less damage than capitalism is currently doing. And yet, in fine middle-class fashion, Alex Hern is upset because the protest was insufficiently genteel.
So I guess I'm an environmentalist. I can live with that.