🚀 go-pugleaf

Yep you called it, our problems are irrigation, crop rotation, the plow and
democracy.......

Blair J. <blairj@!.org> wrote in message
news:Jvxh3.28407$g02.77832@news.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com...
> Some guy wrote:
>
> > We can't continue to treat the symptoms that ail our nation.  Placing
> > band-aids on problems only covers up the real issues.  Things like
> > teen-age smoking, drinking, pregnancy, etc.  These issues are real
> > problems that demand attention, but the general consensus is that if
> > we air enough TV commercials the problem will somehow magically
> > disappear.
>
>     You're still talking about superficial wounds, here. The real wound
> is the way the human species has chosen to organize itself in the last
> 10,000 years. If you want to really leapfrog the 'flesh wounds', let's
> take a look at our system of agriculture and civic organization as a
> source of massive trauma that needs addressing. The way our culture (not
> just the West or anything; human culture as a whole) has evolved since
> the populating of the fertile crescent is fundamentally flawed. We
> weren't destined to live in cities and to farm (and abuse) the land the
> way we do; it's just one possible avenue that we chose to pursue. Anyway,
> in choosing to do so, we've set ourselves up for a whole lot of troubles
> that are a result of our unprecedented population boom - violence, drugs,
> disease, famine... you name it.  I wish we could go back in time and make
> some better decisions as to the future of our species.
>
> Yikes.
>