Comments on: Turkish Police Attack Protesters at the World Water Forum http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/drinking-water/turkish-police-attack-protesters-at-the-world-water-forum/ Resources for saving blue, and green. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:54:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/drinking-water/turkish-police-attack-protesters-at-the-world-water-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-82 David Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:28:56 +0000 http://bluelivingideas.com/?p=984#comment-82 I think that even a good forum is too late for many people. The Titanic is about to hit the iceberg, and we are discussing whether to buy more buckets to help bail it out. I don't know. Dereck Jensen has a good analogy - we are like protestors sending petitions to Darth Vader to stop him from destroying our planet. Only experiencing the catastrophe in the wealthy world will make a serious dent in our own comfort levels. By then, it will be very late, but eventually I suppose it will get turned around, after some ghastly decades or a century or two. I think that even a good forum is too late for many people. The Titanic is about to hit the iceberg, and we are discussing whether to buy more buckets to help bail it out.

I don’t know. Dereck Jensen has a good analogy – we are like protestors sending petitions to Darth Vader to stop him from destroying our planet. Only experiencing the catastrophe in the wealthy world will make a serious dent in our own comfort levels. By then, it will be very late, but eventually I suppose it will get turned around, after some ghastly decades or a century or two.

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