I have been a bit slow in getting to this page but here goes a spray about something that I am dumbfounded by. A friend sent me a page from a Qld paper with a full page ad in it that states Human Nature V Mother Nature. It then goes on to say that despite all the floods people are still working together and uniting in the common cause of getting themselves back on track. That is so true and very admirable so far. Lovely things to be acknowledged. However this ad then goes on to say ' We have quite simply shown that our human nature will always be far more powerful than mother nature.'
What the? Did the people who are now stone in Pompei say that before Mt. Vesuvius volcano really blew its top? Humans were not stronger than Mother Nature then! (My capitalisation of Mother Nature) What about the poor people in Christchurch? They will cope as best they can but to think that they are stronger in any way would be simply ludicrous. We will never know probably if the after shocks/earthquakes will continue or worsen or stop! We are unable to know many things about Mother Nature and if the people who put this ad in the paper were genuine then they would be saying that Human Nature should work WITH Mother Nature so that we can we can continue to have the resilience to deal with what she throws at us.
Sadly the thing that seems to be most prominent in human nature at the moment is greed.
Many houses are built on flood plains and natural water ways because some developer wants to make money and it hasn't rained for ten years so all is well! Mother Nature will just go on doing what she has always done and if humans are going to be so determined to change the face of her then they will have to suffer the consequences. It is sad that the general population still believes that someone trying to sell them the land wouldn't lie to them or sell them something that is not good for them.
I will leave that for another day though!
What the? Did the people who are now stone in Pompei say that before Mt. Vesuvius volcano really blew its top? Humans were not stronger than Mother Nature then! (My capitalisation of Mother Nature) What about the poor people in Christchurch? They will cope as best they can but to think that they are stronger in any way would be simply ludicrous. We will never know probably if the after shocks/earthquakes will continue or worsen or stop! We are unable to know many things about Mother Nature and if the people who put this ad in the paper were genuine then they would be saying that Human Nature should work WITH Mother Nature so that we can we can continue to have the resilience to deal with what she throws at us.
Sadly the thing that seems to be most prominent in human nature at the moment is greed.
Many houses are built on flood plains and natural water ways because some developer wants to make money and it hasn't rained for ten years so all is well! Mother Nature will just go on doing what she has always done and if humans are going to be so determined to change the face of her then they will have to suffer the consequences. It is sad that the general population still believes that someone trying to sell them the land wouldn't lie to them or sell them something that is not good for them.
I will leave that for another day though!
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