Reply #19: Perhaps

[H2O Man]

all organic life on the earth's surface, including human life, is merely doing exactly what fits the earth's needs at this particular time. I'm not advocating the second coming of James Watt, nor saying that the manner of unconscious destruction that most human beings are actively engaged in are okay. But human beings have not created anything that did not previously existed. We have only assisted in bringing forth those forces that were spoken of by the insightful people of all the tribes .... forces from beneath the surface.

The earth, like every living thing, has a life expectancy. Human being weren't there at the beginning, and won't be there at the end. This fact, in my mind, justifies my belief that it is a good thing to grow roses. There are a number of types on sale in the coming weeks. I'm expanding on the old roses that people brought here in the late 1700s; the hedge roses are still growing, though all the worries and concerns of those people who planted them near my house are long gone .... buried in the dirt that fertilizes those same roses, generation on generation.