As depressing as the title of this blog sounds,one must bear in mind that this came into being before Hollywood decided to produce a movie of the same title for laughs. While laughter may be good medicine for those who are ill or suffering from any form of maladies, you dear reader should consider the fact that life and living in today's world is no laughing matter.
One thing that we all, or at least most of us take for granted, is Water. In the Movie "A Quantum of Solace', the hero James Bond was up against villains that had every intention of hi-jacking the world's water supply. Indeed we tend to ignore the need for water because of it's seeming abundance on the planet, after all, almost two thirds of the planets surface is under water, both salt and fresh water.
Ever since the beginning of the industrial age, leading up to today's high technology age, we [ mankind as a whole ] have been poisoning our habitat more and more in the name of progress. Now please do not misconstrue what I am trying to put forth here, I for one, have no desire to run around in loin cloth trying to find a cave to dwell in or to knock some woman upside her head and drag her kicking and screaming back to the cave. there are some definite benefits to progress, however we should not be going three steps forward and two steps backward.
When you take a bath or shower is the water from your shower head or the spigot in your kitchen really clean? Just how safe is the drinking water from the tap in your home really is? And for women who are pregnant and brushing their teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, are you aware that drinking fluoridated water is responsible for over a hundred thousand cases of miscarriages?
Of course you certainly don't have to believe me, just read the books 'Silent Springs' and 'Poisoned Profits - the Toxic Assault On Our Children', and you will be amazed at how much man is hellbent on destroying himself and every living thing on this planet that can support human life. face it , everything that we use at home or in the office has chemicals that in some cases are not very bio-degradable, Indeed some juices like apple juice have arsenic added to the ingredients, now why would a substance that is a known carcinogen and poison be added to juices or even our water supply?, and in some cases we are even told that we can tolerate limited amounts of these poisons in our systems/bodies on a daily basis as long as we don't fall over dead immediately upon ingesting these ingredients.
There is the old saying "we have met the enemy and he is us". No other species on the face of the globe is as destructive to his environs as man.Man instead of working within nature to construct his living habitats, directly builds up his edifices to fight nature and thus destroys the very areas that can sustain his life. Mans wisdom is now turning out to be foolishness.
The proliferation of Nuclear power plants all across the globe is nothing short of having dynamite planted in strategic places with long burning fuses lit. when the fuses reach the detonation point, [wear and tear of these nuclear facilities, along with old age-which will make their further use untenable], these plants which do not produce anything bio degradable, and their waste is used only for the purposes of war, will explode with dire consequences to the residents of this planet. To be continued, in the meanwhile till then live well, be happy, make love, we Bid you Peace.
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