http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/03/26/the-need-for-a-few-questions/ Spirituality, Technology, Skepticism, bring it on... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/03/26/the-need-for-a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 The Rambling Taoist Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:27:45 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=371#comment-2806 I think you've offered a great analogy. Rome is indeed burning and our leaders are doing worse than fiddling -- they're stoking the fire itself!! They will steadfastly refuse to turn in a sustainable direction until the planet has been burnt to a crisp and then they'll look at each other and say "How did this happen?" I think you’ve offered a great analogy. Rome is indeed burning and our leaders are doing worse than fiddling — they’re stoking the fire itself!! They will steadfastly refuse to turn in a sustainable direction until the planet has been burnt to a crisp and then they’ll look at each other and say “How did this happen?”

]]> http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/03/26/the-need-for-a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Angela Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:10:50 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=371#comment-2805 Thanks for this insight, Richard. Indeed we must begin to reconsider the basic assumptions of how we live - our wasteful lifestyles and reliance on big corps for sustaining life must be reengineered back to the basic principles of nature. Indeed I see it very much like the fall of Rome. Thanks for this insight, Richard. Indeed we must begin to reconsider the basic assumptions of how we live – our wasteful lifestyles and reliance on big corps for sustaining life must be reengineered back to the basic principles of nature. Indeed I see it very much like the fall of Rome.

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