tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post8208546693039810126..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: I Did It. I'm Sorry.Anne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-60825411947728968462010-06-09T10:47:27.738-04:002010-06-09T10:47:27.738-04:00While I am frequently bombarding myself with guilt...While I am frequently bombarding myself with guilt over the state of Earth, this is one of those times I just can't carry the load. When considering the BP oil disaster I can only sit here and think - "if only the assholes had checked the batteries!". A dead battery is now the leading cause of death in the Gulf's ecosystem. Because someone didn't bother to test a battery millions of lives have been lost to millions of gallons of sticky substance that was previously known as "black gold" and now is going to cost BP some of their gold to fix. Species that were previously plentiful are now extinct or endangered. Because a battery was not checked and there was no plan as to what would stop a leak like this should it come about. Similar to the Iraq exit strategy. <br /><br />Nope - this is not one I'm taking the blame for. <br /><br />(though I do cry sob and flog myself over the video of a seagull swallowing a plastic bag even though it wasn't my plastic bag)Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294207351440999597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-48210815058596608262010-06-05T23:58:39.456-04:002010-06-05T23:58:39.456-04:00Derrick Jensen is one of My Heroes - he gets it co...Derrick Jensen is one of My Heroes - he gets it completely right, in my opinion.<br />The victim guilt has to stop, or we'll be held immobile by it.<br />Start dismantling the culture, in your locality, now.<br />Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-19295354135254021402010-06-05T23:12:11.179-04:002010-06-05T23:12:11.179-04:00Okay. I accept responsibility for using more than...Okay. I accept responsibility for using more than my fair share of oil. But Why, WHY can't they get the darn thing capped? How long have we been drilling for oil in the ocean? Surely this sort of thing has happened before. It seems that someone out there is more interested in sitting with their thumbs up their ass rather than getting the pipe capped.Lori F - MNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-41334099738176430292010-06-05T21:08:05.082-04:002010-06-05T21:08:05.082-04:00we're all to blame..our greed for oil finally ...we're all to blame..our greed for oil finally did us in.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-21261049628311188412010-06-05T20:06:02.371-04:002010-06-05T20:06:02.371-04:00I live in the South, which is an suburban-sprawl, ...I live in the South, which is an suburban-sprawl, anti-mass transit, ultra-huge pick-up truck driving, walmart shopping culture which REFUSES to allow me the choice to take a trolley or light rail to work along these corridors which stretch for miles and miles with no bike lanes, no buses, no NOTHING as alternative. <br /><br />I'm too poor to go around this self-destructive culture down here to buy myself an electric car, put solar panels on my double-wide, or whatever it would take to wean myself from the grid. And the powers that be love it that way. You should hear the way my local electric "co-op" badmouths alternative energy or cap-and-trade.Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-27497647995481560902010-06-05T17:19:20.222-04:002010-06-05T17:19:20.222-04:00Yeah, I'm with Hecate (and Derrick). Individu...Yeah, I'm with Hecate (and Derrick). Individuals feeling guilty does nothing but make the individual feel like powerless crap while letting BP off the hook. And <i>they want it that way.</i> <br /><br />Yes, humanity's hubris is out of control; and yes, I and you are part of humanity. However, corporations are <i>by far</i> the worst polluters out there; and taking the bulk of the guilt on ourselves mean they continue to get away with it. It's calculated victim-blaming, on their part, and frankly an abusive dynamic (as Jensen says, and I agree with him).<br /><br />Here are some excerpts from his book <i>Endgame:</i><br /><br />http://www.endgamethebook.org/excerpts.html<br /><br />Oh, and: you are <i>not</i> a stupid schlub.Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09948272740932982138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-62694061340509322432010-06-05T16:37:50.804-04:002010-06-05T16:37:50.804-04:00It's good to know that I'm not alone in fe...It's good to know that I'm not alone in feeling guilty. We're in very similar situations. My drive to my school district isn't very far, but I cannot fathom getting up those hills on a bike, in shape or not. Plus, everyone else in their gas guzzling machines would surely run me over since all the roads to my job are in very busy intersections. <br /><br />Nissan will have the Leaf, an electric car, out by the end of the year. Want to join me on the waiting list for one? I know it doesn't completely eliminate the dependence on oil (you need the oil to create the charge for the car), but it's a step in the right direction.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07163119431006304899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-18719657121006878172010-06-05T16:34:30.446-04:002010-06-05T16:34:30.446-04:00Derrick Jensen says we're not guilty for drivi...Derrick Jensen says we're not guilty for driving cars in Car Culture. We're guilty for not bringing Car Culture down. He may have a point.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.com