So, Kyoto is supposedly in effect. Can anyone explain how the two…

Feb. 18th, 2005

2:26 AM

So, Kyoto is supposedly in effect.

Can anyone explain how the two most populous countries on the earth are signers but exempted from the protocols? And why the US is somehow morally bereft for refusing to ratify this charade?

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eloquentwthrage

Feb. 18th, 2005 02:28 pm (UTC)

We're not. It's all bullshit anyway. A large percentage of the reason I choose not to have children. (There are other reasons as well, so I mean no disrespect. If you feel the good of having kids outweighs the bad, I can respect that. But me? Bad genes, obsessive compulsive, homosexual--not that there's anything wrong with that--world sucks and will only get worse... sounds like a no-brainer to me. Hell, Bx, you're so superior, your kids might save the world someday! [That was a joke. About you being superior. You're not. But I didn't mean it like that. Anyway, hopefully your kids can save the world.] [Did this make any sense??])

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rabidkitten

Feb. 18th, 2005 03:26 pm (UTC)

I can relate to the "world sucks and is only getting worse" attitude. It is why I become so passionate about what I see as the greatest evils facing us today. I try to set a good example(eating veg/organic, home-schooling, being informed about current events, coming to conclusions based on my research instead of emotion, making changed in my life to reflect what I learn/believe in--actions speaking louder that words, and all)

Hopefully, my kids will, at least, be more of the solution than the problem.

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bxiie

Feb. 18th, 2005 04:12 pm (UTC)

I think of a statement your cousin John made to me once... I think of it a lot, actually.

"Everyone's part of the problem part of the time."

I try to minimize my time as part of the problem.

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bxiie

Feb. 18th, 2005 04:16 pm (UTC)

Thanks, I think. We've all got our issues... And I don't think that the human race is going to end, even if it does seem like we are moving inexorably to a collapse of civilization and subsequent dark ages. Someone's got to be there to drag our genetic memory along.

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