Floods of Dollars and Sense
First, I’d like to give my sincerest condolences to all of the people who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. I myself have family and friends down there that I am concerned for, and I hope our government is able to pull together the efforts to help those familes put their lives back together.
On a side issue, this entire ordeal touches on a somewhat interesting topic that I’ve had strong feelings about for quite some time. Mainly people who knowingly put themselves in danger.
In the United States alone, we have earthquakes in California, we have hurricanes in Florida and New Orleans, and we have tornados in Oklahoma. Yet these places are some of our most heavily inhabited areas. I don’t understand why people choose to live in places that are not meant to be inhabited. Of course I could go on about environmental destruction as a whole, but I’ll refrain for now.
An article in the New York Times reads:
Although early travelers realized the irrationality of building a port on shifting mud in an area regularly ravaged by storms and disease, the opportunities to make money overrode all objections.
But what would corporate america do without the money and yearly flashing of womens breasts to sate our need for entertainment and bling over common sense and survival. Yet people are still blind to their own self-destruction. They put trust in Uncle Sam and the government that they are either doing what’s right, or we are too lazy to change it.
I’m really kinda sick of everyone relying on the government anyway. Maybe this is some feminist cockswinging bullshit, I don’t know. But I grow tired of the government saying when to go to war, how much to spend on gas, and which religion I should follow.
Speaking of religion. I’ve come to the realization that the two most violent religions out there, are Muslims, and Christians. And before you get all in a huff about how dare I stereotype you and your faith, for petes sake if you’re not one of the ones I’m talking, obviously I don’t mean you.
Muslims who kill in the name of God, and Christians who war and ‘assasinate’ for divine justice. Yet you claim that all of the smaller faiths like Buddhism and Paganism are evil.
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