Will we really wake up one day from our partially self-induced delusional daze and realize that the essential and irreplaceable are gone? Wondrous inhabitants of our shared planet becoming extinct within the blink of an eye after having been here for thousands of years.
Partially self-induced unless you believe humankind is sub-consciously suicidal. Don't believe it's possible for "someone else" to manipulate hundreds of millions of people into being self destructive? We are living it right now in Iraq. The cost will be permanent in terms of "lives" and dollars regardless of the outcome in Iraq and in our "battle" to save and then restore our environment.
The author, Dale Bryant, mentions the old wives' tale about the frog that won't notice he's in a pan of boiling water so long as the water is cool in the beginning and heats only gradually. That seems frightening true for many people when you examine the behavior of most of our society but there are some who have looked over the edge of the pot and can see the flames. We should listen to them when they tell us that there isn't much time left before the water starts to boil.
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