Saturday, November 22, 2008

On A Tangent

On A Tangent

Way back in the past, when Environmental Extremist used to be a student, he happened to read a book called The God That Failed. By God the author meant Communism. The book impressed him very much indeed. The alternate God that remained was and is Capitalism.
NOW WE FIND THAT THE NEW GOD ALSO FAILED AND FAILED MISERABLY AT THAT! Any more God’s left?

Effect of Economic Recession on Environment

One should not feel happy when folk are made to suffer for actions of not their making. Environmental Extremist apologizes to all and sundry for doing so.
The whole world is going thru an economical recession. Many are losing jobs, businesses fail, incomes are slashed, and standard of living is going down. How can one feel happy under the circumstances?
But to all nature lovers this is a blessing in disguise. The recession has reduced consumption of fossil fuels to a considerable extent. So less carbon is emitted into the atmosphere. This will result in a decrease of global warming.
THIS INDEED IS A THING TO BE JOYOUS ABOUT.
Some futurologists predict that the way mankind is going on now, the Earth will cease to be inhabitable and sooner than later, we will have to return to an agricultural economy.
In hindsight, Industrial Evolution was not a good thing after all.

Bouquets & Brickbats for Japan

A very commendable effort is being made in Japan on behalf of the dying corals of Sekisei Lagoon that lies between the Okinawan Islands of Iriomote and Ishigaki. Headed by Prof.Mineo Akamoto of the Tokyo University of Marine Sciences and Technology in association with the Ministry of Environment, the project aims at doing something that none had attempted before. Thousands of small baby corals are being grown in order to replenish the corals that have been depleted by the warming of the river waters and the resultant increasing incidence of starfish. Again the consequence of human greed aided and abetted by shortsighted politicians of the developed world and developing worlds.

WHILE JAPAN IS ENGAGED IN THIS COMMENDABLE DEED, THE FINE COUNTRY IS ALSO ENGAGED IN A FOUL, DEPLORABLE DEED. The same ministry that wants to repair their immediate environment is closing its eyes to a major crime committed with the connivance of the unfeeling and cruel Japanese authorities. AFP reports that Japanese whalers have started moving towards the Antarctic for BUTCHERING WHALES. The commendable, ever vigilant GREENPEACE activists have noticed the whaling vessel ‘Nisshin Maru’ sailing towards their customary whaling grounds. The voyage is said to last five months, during which a hell of a lot of whales will be cruelly harpooned.
While all other countries have put an end to the heinous practice, Japan alone persists in the wanton killing of the fine creatures. They do it in the name of research, when everyone knows that so-called cultured Japanese want to stuff their bellies with whale meat. Why can’t they do research on lessening carbon emissions spewed out from the millions of motor vehicles that they dump around our sacred Mother Earth.
Pirates are roaming the Somalian waters to highjack ships. WHAT IS NOW NEEDED IS COURGEOUS GROUPS OF FOLK WHO CAN DO THE SAME THING TO THESE DESPICABLE SHIPS.
When groups of animal lovers tried to prevent such ships in their infernal activities, the Japanese termed it ‘Environmental Terrorism.’ Terrorism is deplorable any time, but the kind of terrorism that the Japanese talks about in this respect is EMINENTLY JUSTIFIABLE.
Environmental Extremist knows that organizations like the Greenpeace will make all out efforts to obstruct the Japanese in their deplorable mission.
THIS BLOG APPLAUDS AND APPRECIATES THEIR LOVE OF NATURE, TENACITY, SACRIFICE, FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS IN A VAIN ATTEMPT… THEIR WELL-MEANT ACTIVITIES DO MAKE THEM SUPERIOR HUMAN BEINGS AGAINST THE INFERIOR, CRUEL, MINDLESS, GLUTTONOUS JAPANESE, MAY THEY ROT IN HELL.
(The expletives used in this article are meant to refer to all those Japanese who are in one way or other is part of the mindless destruction of whales. To all others it doesn’t apply at all.)