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August 5, 2003
“You Build It, We Burn It.” Field of Dreams meets Nightmare on Elm Street.
The stupidity that abounds in this world never ceases to amaze me. More and more my list of people who shouldn’t be on the planet grows longer. The link below is to an article posted about an arson fire that occurred just a few days ago down here in San Diego.
Synopsis: residents/neighbors in La Jolla woke up to find a newly constructed apartment building (it was still vacant) completely engulfed in flames. Fire department evacuated nearby residents to safety – no one was hurt, but people claimed the heat was so intense, their window blinds melted.
FBI discovered it was arson by a little group called E.L.F. (Environmental or Earth Liberation Front). Why? Well, being the good little earth-lovers that they are, they claim to be against any and all urban development/growth because it harms the earth.
Okay so fine. Here’s my beef with this knuckleheaded attitude. Let’s start with the obvious. Starting fires to burn stuff down: 1) might kill people. Not a very nice thing to do. 2) damages the earth. Hellooooo – aren’t we trying to save the damn place? Oh okay, so let’s damage it some more? Hmm, it’s true I’m not a biologist. In fact, I hated that class. I was hungover every day I took it, but really. I’ve yet to find the intelligence in these actions. 3) so these elven yahoos burn down housing complexes, etc. in the attempt to halt urban growth. So you’re saving, what – a vacant lot? It’s not like rainforest was getting cut down to build this apartment building. It was a vacant lot in the middle of the city. Not much else to DO with a vacant lot, except build on it. 4) Not to mention they’re destroying a HOUSING complex! Oh okay so people shouldn’t have a place to live? At least a housing complex is useful; you’d think that if they wanted to “halt urban growth” they’d burn something superfluous down, like the Padres’ new stadium (ha, what a joke that is. No one goes to see them anyway.). But seriously, imagine how many people don’t have a place to live now? If they were locals, well, they might be able to stay in their original places. But what about those folks relocating for new jobs or whatnot? Talk about getting screwed.
Look, I’m all for saving the environment. I recycle, I carpool every chance I get, I walk or ride my bike instead of driving short distances, hey – I’ve even planted a few trees in my lifetime. I love the earth, I love the environment, I completely agree that we need to save what little there is left. HOWEVER the sad fact of the matter is this: the world’s grossly overpopulated. People keep producing more people and they all gotta live somewhere. Until stupid people stop breeding I don’t think the urban growth is gonna stop anytime soon – and terrorism sure as hell isn’t gonna do much more to help the situation either.
Hey here’s a thought: instead of burning things down, maybe start handing out more birth control.
Posted by at August 5, 2003 10:16 AM |
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