The way we were...
How much have we changed over the years? Look at yourself now. Look at yourself 10 years ago. How much has consciously changed? Is it for the better, do you think? Have you changed at all? If you were 12 ten years ago then this probably doesn't apply, for we all know how much you have physically changed. But maybe we should look into that. When we are pre-teens, do we truly have any differences to ourselves than we do when we are adults? How much is to blame on adolecence? How much is to blame on just human nature? Do we dumb ourselves down into believing we are no longer an animal species? What changed in our genome that granted us the right to take over? Some argue that technology is the reason we are seperated from the animals, I say it is the reason we cannot move forward. Technology, to me, is our catalyst that keeps us from finding an actual harmony with the world we live in...not rule. Mother nature is a far greater force than we could ever harness. That's why it scares and intruiges us so much. Yet we as humans believe hole-heartedly that we are an exceptional breed. Due to the landing on the moon and a nuclear fusion we except our fates as gods amung the creatures of the planet. Is it not true that most if not all the species, minus humans, on the planet leave the nest before their first birthday? That most animals actually leave their mother's side right after birth? We are the only species on the planet that creates a life revolved around nurture, an achilles heel of evolutionary sorts. We are mammals, so that in itself is a reason we hold onto our parents, but even the most family oriented species do not depend on the family structure as their means of growth, acceptance, prosperity...so look into yourself. How much have you changed in the past ten years? Now compare that to how much you've learned. It's not our technology that pushes us forward it's our capability to have it. The next time you fill your gas tank up at the gas station think about how much amazing brain power went into creating that car, gas pump, credit card, banking system, cement you're standing on, lights affording you sight, radio waves turned off with the ignition...then look into your pocket. Give that loose change to charity.
Not sure what the point of that ramble was. I had District 9, little sea turtles hatching and then making a break for the water's edge and that stupid ass Bono commercial trapped in my head all at once. *pop* "Lipshhtick" It came out in a flood of nonsensical blah, blah, blah! Whoopsie!
By the way, Bono is in the hospital, or was, for a broken arm or has cancer or something...wish he would just die and forward all his millions to fighting HIV. Then he would actually be doing some good.
God "I really hate that man". 10 points for the reference.
P.S. I would pay good money to watch the brutal beating of any human going against a grizzly with no technology. Just sayin, we aint all that without our boom-boom sticks!