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HeresyThe Last Taboo December 5th, 2006 Following below is a copy of a comment I made on Zachary Nowak's article Communities, Refuges, and Refuge-Communities on Transition Culture, a UK Peak Oil blog. As blog comments so easily get lost in the archive vaults to gather dust, I thought of resurrecting what I believe to be a comment on a very important issue, population. The whole saga started with Rob Hoskin's post Why the Survivalists Have Got It Wrong in response to Zachary's article Preparing for the Crash: Nuts and Bolts on Energy Bulletin, another Peak Oil website. Zachary responded to this rather scathing post, and was then given the opportunity to publish the above article on Transition Culture. In the original article Zachary took the "doomer" survivalist view of a post peak world, where survival skills will be needed. Rob's response was to paint a picture of a deranged gun hording lone survivalist, and that cooperation and "we all pull through or none of us do" were the only alternative. In the heated discussion that followed, commenters soon fell into the "gloomer" or the "utopian" camp, with the survival orientated gloomers rejecting the lone survivalist image. Sadly, in my opinion, one of the most important issues was hardly touched on, until Zimba of the Human Extinction Movement boldly stepped in with the taboo subject population control. I would like to point out though, that complete human extinction would not be necessary for the good of the rest of all life forms (though not lamentable) but a very heavy reduction certainly is, also for any humans to have any quality of life. I would also like to point out that I am talking about non-replacement. Emphasis was added on this page. Read the rest of this entry > Posted in heresy | one comment > World View November 29th, 2006 
Today I met a woman from South Africa, from the most southern part, she said. Now, I live in the northern hemisphere, and one of the thoughts I subvocalised was 'down the very bottom'. Down the very bottom? Later, thinking about it, I imagined being down there,standing upright without feeling that I was falling off the earth, looking up at the stars, with nothing but sky above me. Yet, if I were to imagine my home, Wales, on the map, it would also be above me, even though it would be well below me physically. How would I feel about standing at the bottom of the world? Read the rest of this entry > Posted in ramblings, heresy | two comments > Calendar Tyranny October 21st, 2006 I am not talking about the pressure of your schedule, but ABC - Anniversaries, Birthdays and Christmas (or any other festivity, especially if you are not even religious). Do they really, I mean really matter? Are they not just a repeat multiple of days since x, y, or z occurred? If you don't give a toss about your own birthday or anniversary (and why should X times 365 be of any significance? - every day is precious!), you may be surprised to learn that others are not particularly bothered about theirs either. Why not take the bull by the horn and tell your friends and family that you no longer wish to be tyrannized (you may want to phrase it a little more delicately for the sensitive of temperament) by dates and wish to withdraw from the obligations imposed by some idea born in the mists of time, and refuse to give or receive cards and presents for the mere reason that it is a custom. Gifts should come from the heart and be meaningful, and not be prompted by custom, based on a day in the calendar. If you have a great idea about something so-and-so would like, and you would love to make them happy, and it is the 4th of June (with no connection to any ABC) then just give. Don't expect reciprocation. It may come, but don't make it the reason for giving. Read the rest of this entry > Posted in ramblings, heresy | no comments > |
