If distraction is the problem, that is, things getting worse and we have yet to make an impact, like garbage for instance, then what is the on-going impact of the media?
We have gone to the point where we are going to run out of room; its too late to stop; its over.Landfills as a concept, were known to be terminal, and the best we could do is "recycle some of it". The real pitty, education got cut before garbage.
How does one impress upon another, that beyond there perception, there is a "rock in the water"?
I feel in one important sence it is the responsibility of people with an education to apply the level of understanding they are capable of to issue we face. It is not the world out there, but our addiction to its perminance. This means if you understand recycling for instance, you should go on to understand, it is not the answer to the problem of irresponsible consumption in the same way more war is not the solution to the edication crisis. And just as some go to college and some don't, there are those who go to college with a diversity of intentions; purposes. Furthermore, are there not some who aviod the opression of university/college educational system and travel and grow all the same, if not stronger as complete beings? IT is this person who must look beyond perception to see the rock in the water. Before Hardings lifeboat ethics, it is important that at this moment we realize Lady America is still afloat.
All hands on deck/dirt. All hands are needed to their fullest capacity.
I present two news articles for you to read and think about from a sociological stand point. I know better than most, how little scrutiny due an internet media source, or a front page Washington Post article for that matter; they are 'spin until dizzy' stories providing mere sketches at best, much less how an issue effects you, for real. But we still confront opinions void of even a three-decade-long encourgment to learn the importance of "car pooling" or "recycling" so we should still consider the posibility that the garabage that gets reported is actually effecting peoples perception.
I see plastic grocery bags in trees more common that I see cars yeilding to human beings. Land fills: Full. Recycling: Carpooling for garbage?
Yahoo Main Page: "Conversations to avoid in a recessions"
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/106850/Avoiding-Recession-Era-Faux-Pas
Washington post Front Page Monday: A Quiet Resolut March agains fear
(this is the same story, author, etc. I read on the front page of the Wash. Post)
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2009/mar/29/hundreds-attend-landsdowne-march/?local
Above Farley Canyon
looking at a swollen colorado river
Climbing in the Wasatch
Road dogs of Love
three leaves
half dome, yosemite, ca
eastern seirra. bishop, ca
morning, death valley, ca
Black bird on wheeler peak, NV
about me
- andrew
- dirty, smelly like some kind of flower you never knew; beautiful like a dandelion; like you really. "ME, We". Breathing
2 comments:
On Fear: In its most basic, natural manifestation, fear is safety. I get the impression from this article that it is a frist: a similar story in nature as 9-11, and second intended to further build resistance to change. To mention fear and evil in the same thought process is negligent and is the evolution of the fear campagin. Keep in mind this was on the front page of the news paper that serves primairily the Baltimore Washing D.C. metropolitian area.
The first article plays on class seperation however fluffy it may be. It is potentially read by I don't know how many people as it was one click from yahoo main, dead center.
These stories shouldn't be considered a risk to community, but as opinions are trumping observation these days,It is clear most avoid the "college" approch to learning about an issue as well as deversifying the subjects. This is way we must, if able think further and further along to real solutions, there are some and they all deal with individuals doing what only they can do; stand together as equals and accept wisdom from everyone, its wisdom after all.
The potential for these stories to influence the deeply rooted opinions, by playing on class seperation and fear of being "beaten to death" on your morning stroll, culminate into a cross demegraphical currupting of wilingness to observe the unknown.
The addiction to a fleeting illusion is what we need to understand. There is a resistance to change. But why. I ask why.
all hands indeed. Tell us friend, what is the fullest capacity. Tell us what our options are....
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