<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for PS: We’re all going to die]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by hardisun http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/ Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:26:37 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/1 oh crap!

I hope this doesn't happen before I get raptured...

]]> oh crap!

I hope this doesn't happen before I get raptured...

]]> Comment #2 by jdhlax http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/ Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:48:13 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/2 What Is Life?

To say things like "[t]he planet is scary, the experts who talk about it are scary, and we are helpless" is to completely miss the point of being alive.  We all live one lifetime.  What we do with out lives is exponentially more important than how long we live.  The purpose of life is to experience things, not to worry about our inevitable death.  Sounds like Katharine has had far too much religion!

Instead of such a negative attitude, experience and enjoy as much as possible.  Our experiences are all added to the universal consciousness, or god, or whatever you want to call it.  :)

]]> What Is Life?

To say things like "[t]he planet is scary, the experts who talk about it are scary, and we are helpless" is to completely miss the point of being alive.  We all live one lifetime.  What we do with out lives is exponentially more important than how long we live.  The purpose of life is to experience things, not to worry about our inevitable death.  Sounds like Katharine has had far too much religion!

Instead of such a negative attitude, experience and enjoy as much as possible.  Our experiences are all added to the universal consciousness, or god, or whatever you want to call it.  :)

]]> Comment #3 by Katharine Wroth http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/ Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:47:40 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/3 Uh ...

Thanks. I knew I was missing something.

Actually, I meant that comment as a critique (albeit an indirect, subtle one) of how the environmental movement gets its messages out. We tell people huge, scary things, and then wonder why they don't feel inspired and motivated.

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Thanks. I knew I was missing something.

Actually, I meant that comment as a critique (albeit an indirect, subtle one) of how the environmental movement gets its messages out. We tell people huge, scary things, and then wonder why they don't feel inspired and motivated.

]]> Comment #4 by hardisun http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/ Thu, 10 Mar 2005 03:20:00 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/ps-were-all-going-to-die/4 good analogy

At first I thought that, as analogies go, this came up a bit short if the intent was to show the effect of environmental movement messages.  After thinking about it, it's actually dead-on.  

Consider today's news where Bush came out yet again in favor of re-introducing the Anwar oil development bill (evidently the neocons think it will work this time; it really feels like we've been stuck in a 3-card monte game for a few years).  Yes, I will contribute and email and phone to try to prevent this, but deep down, I might as well be using my voice to yell "STOP" to a super eruption.  

Before the internet, didn't we suceed more by doing rather than by carping?  United we stand if we are standing united, and on the internet we're just a bunch of anonymous dogs howling at the moon.  It's time to show our conviction and strength of numbers in a environmental protest march on Washington.  

]]> good analogy

At first I thought that, as analogies go, this came up a bit short if the intent was to show the effect of environmental movement messages.  After thinking about it, it's actually dead-on.  

Consider today's news where Bush came out yet again in favor of re-introducing the Anwar oil development bill (evidently the neocons think it will work this time; it really feels like we've been stuck in a 3-card monte game for a few years).  Yes, I will contribute and email and phone to try to prevent this, but deep down, I might as well be using my voice to yell "STOP" to a super eruption.  

Before the internet, didn't we suceed more by doing rather than by carping?  United we stand if we are standing united, and on the internet we're just a bunch of anonymous dogs howling at the moon.  It's time to show our conviction and strength of numbers in a environmental protest march on Washington.  

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