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In reply to the discussion: The Climate Change Deniers Have Won - Guardian/Observer [View all]WillyT
(72,631 posts)28. George Carlin, Ladies And Gentlemen...
We're so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody's going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don't even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven't learned how to care for one another. We're gonna save the fuckin' planet? . . . And, by the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years . . . The planet isn't goin' anywhere, folks. We are! We're goin' away. Pack your shit, we're goin' away. And we won't leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we'll be gone. Another failed mutation; another closed-end biological mistake.
― George Carlin
― George Carlin
Link: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/76453-we-re-so-self-important-so-arrogant-everybody-s-going-to-save-something
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We aren't operating on an infinite time frame on this issue, some rather serious consequences
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#11
"More think the news exaggerates the seriousness than in 2001." I hate to say this.....
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#31
Then I'm afraid you haven't been paying much attention, sad to say. It does happen, and more often..
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#40
I'm cool with breaking the evil bastards but they can't even begin to cover their damage.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#12
I Don't Think He, Or Anyone, Is Celebrating... Rather It's Another Alarm Bell...
WillyT
Mar 2014
#21
Not really. We'll likely still be here 100,000 years from now, unless.....
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#33