Archive for August, 2008

Aug 30

Exist For This

I’ve been wondering why human beings are so different from any other animal. Of all species, we are the only one that is stupid enough to destroy its home. We’re one of the few that strives to inhabit every single square foot of land, whether or not it provides us with the necessary resources to survive. And we’re the only one that protects the weak.

But of course, this is human nature. This is a nature that is completely different from real nature. Real nature creates equilibrium and delicate balances. Yet the human nature continuously torments that balance. Why?

Perhaps this is what we exist for. To destroy the Earth. We seem to have the perfect traits for it.

First of all, we’re weak things. Think about it. We don’t have claws, sharp teeth, venom, or any defense mechanisms. Those things seemed to have evolved out of our species. Consequently, we have to make tools to help us protect our lives and to do everyday things.

We can barely eat dinner without knives, forks, and spoons. Our faces are not fashioned to lick water out of a pond, nor do we have a digestive system good enough to consume raw foods. So I guess we need energy to cook things, whereas most animals just eat whatever they eat on the spot.

And we’ve apparently grown lazy enough that we can’t just look for food. We have to grow it. This doesn’t bother me so much because ants farm as well. But they don’t use chemical biocides that would give them diseases. They don’t make things that destroy everything. We do.

I’m not sure if anyone’s noticed, but our appetites need some adjusting. First of all, when we’re thirsty, we think we’re hungry. So we grab some food. Little do we realize that this food takes much more energy and water to make than a glass of water. We’re sort of blind to that stuff, unlike other animal species. Secondly, we have no sense of balance in our diets. Other species seem to have a splendid time with this, but we just grab the first tasty thing we see. And it’s probably not a fruit. It’s probably something preserved by plastic goo that is packaged in plastic, too.

We’re so weak, we can’t just live in a tree, dig a hole underground, or build things out of dead stuff. No way, we’ve got to cut living things down first, and then build a home. It can be anywhere, of course, because we build huge systems that provide us with water and electricity. Everyone, everywhere, gets to live. But then we live in these sealed up boxes. So we have to install things to make the air on the inside be cooler or warmer.

And since we only have two legs and everyone’s suddenly living everywhere, we have to have transportation systems. Since horses aren’t adequate because they eat food and poop, we had to build new machines to do the job. Then again, they eat fuel and pollute. Great improvement, fellas!

An animal, on the other hand, has four legs, wings, and fins for transportation. They can fly or swim away from unsuitable conditions. Land animals either have fur to keep themselves warm, or shed the fur and lie down in the shade to cool themselves off. We don’t have things to shed. We have fat, and that’s about it. So we have to make clothes.

But we can’t just have any clothes. It has to look good and be clean, so we have to wash it in machines. And since it gets wet in these machines, we have to dry the clothes in another machine.

We make machines for everything. Even for saving lives, which is good sometimes. But what about the people who were born with diseases? How come they are still alive? Other species don’t waste time on weaklings. They die, so the next generation would consist of stronger individuals. We, on the other hand, don’t seem to be taking advantage of that whole thing. And to think, we may actually be a great species if we didn’t pick soft, pink mates.

Dying isn’t really that bad, though our species wants to stay away from it as much as possible. It’s supposed to happen, after all. When we die, we stop consuming resources. That’s great news for the people who are still alive and need those resources. So do I think retards and lame people should die? No – they wouldn’t be alive in the first place if humans had a natural mind. Secondly, our nutrients gets recycled back into the ecosystem when we die. It’s terrific for plants, fungi, and the animals that eat them.

Oh, wait…we put people in boxes or burn them, so their nutrients don’t get recycled anyway. Nevermind.

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Aug 08

Freewrite: A hundred billion dollars

If I had a hundred billion dollars, what would go through my mind? Thoughts of selfish spending in hopes of improving our economy? Would it make me ecstatic to know that I have enough money to buy anything I want? No, I would still complain, because nothing ever satisfies me. Not even a hundred billion dollars.

A hundred billion dollars is not enough to move the nation I want to move. I want to pay off our debt to China, but our debt is over three times that kind of money. Even then, how much more money will it take to apologize for the ignorance of a finger-pointing nation? Does it even take money to earn China’s complete trust? I don’t know – I’m lame when it comes to international relations. But I’m sure it takes so much money, and so much more than that.

The thing I’m concerned with is the direction in which China is growing. Its rate of industrialization is impressive. Its people know that. I doubt they’re going to slow down just because we tell them to, even though it’s quite vital that they do. That’s why I say we need China’s trust. But how could we do that if American citizens continue to blame China for everything that goes wrong? What gives us the right to advise them if we don’t understand them and don’t want to understand them? Plus, I think it’s safe to say that loyal Americans dislike China because they’re unamerican…and they’re catching up to us.

China, as everyone knows, is not just improving their economy. They’re also attempting to homogenize their country more than they’ve already done (which I have nothing against). Yet behind all that, there’s the pollution.

Oh typical Reiko: pollution pollution. When will she get over it?

When it stops. That’s when.

Anyway, the pollution per capita of China is, I’m sure, nothing compared to how much the average American pollutes. But with China’s vast numbers and growing economy, it’s going to get much worse than it already is. Those numbers alone cannot be stopped just because we snap our fingers, or just because we give them a hundred billion dollars.

But if this all were achievable…how would it affect the average American?
It would either boost his ego because his young, little country got an ancient, massive country like China to change its ways, or it would kill his ego because he’d realize that China is still going to rise to the top, just like the United States did, but this time without the pollution or self-indulgence that his country had suffered for over a century.

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