[New-Poetry] bob's art for art's sake

[Suzanne Burns]

On 1/5/07, Linda Sue Grimes <suelin7184 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> According to this philosophy, it would seem that you would feel the best
> thing you could do to help the plant would be to commit suicide, or better
> yet, commit suicide while taking some of us other useless beings with you.
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Also no.  Ackowledging that human beings are of little use to the planet is
not the same as advocating our destruction. Committing suicide would not
have any affect at all on a plant or the polar ice caps-- its an implausible
suggestion.  Living responsibly, reproducing less, and taking up less space
and fewer resources, on the other hand, would be a good start, but that of
course gets off topic.

But of course many people who believe that the world is created by God for
our use and purpose also  believe in the horn of plenty model-- resources
are endless, God will always provide, and our existance is central to the
plan.  Completely sentimental, ascientific, and unsupportable, I think.
Once again, though, off topic.

Suzanne
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