Friday, September 17, 2010

Burn, baby, burn!

I wonder how many of those asserting a free-speech right to burn the Quran are as vociferous in defending the right of dissenters to burn the American flag.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Messenger Is Not The Message

The crazed gunman's actions were irrational and reprehensible; still, I find his premise--the parasitic infestation of Earth by Man--difficult to refute.
Can you think of a single positive contribution from our species to the welfare of the planet? (Half-hearted attempts to remedy the ravages that we, ourselves, have wrought don't count.)
Most creatures great and small coexist in symbiotic give-and-take relationships, to their mutual benefits; only from the beast at the very apex of the food chain is there all-take-no-give.