Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species.

[Zalatix]

74. Denial is your friend.

You want to convince people to ignore the fact that global warming is threatening to flood our coast lines and alter the world's geography, displacing millions of people.

You want to convince people to ignore the issue of carbon-based acidification of our oceans, which is negatively affecting the biodiversity of sea life. You don't think this is going to cause lasting, catastrophic problems for society, much less ocean biodiversity.

You want to convince people that we are not heading into a fresh water crisis of unprecedented proportions.

You want people to believe that our pattern of contributing to, indeed causing these problems, can go on indefinitely without resulting in a major world environmental, biodiversity and resource crisis?

Basically, you're just one step ahead of the Freepers, in that while you don't deny global warming, you instead wish to convince people to ignore a whole slew of facts that shows that our civilization cannot survive on its current path of wasteful consumption.

I never expected you to think you could get away with flashing your environmental "bona fides" while trying to convince me to stick my head in the sand along with yours.

You're free to leave this pity party and go back to your blissful world of denial.

In response to your environmental bona fides, I am going to leave you with two words that you should recognize if you are as smart as you say you are. A historical object lesson about what has actually happened when humans overconsume their natural resources. Two words that will explain why your argument is wrong-headed, and why you suddenly abandoned this discussion:

Rapa Nui.

Have a nice day!