It's just a phenomenon that surrounds the human animal. We can become infactuated with a scenario that seems to reasonably represent a threat to our existence.....diminishing rain forests, global cooling, global warming, oceanic pollution, sun spots, asteroids, acid rain....on and on. Everything on that list has been the "hot" doomsday topic at one point or another over the last 20 years or so.
Part of it is a fascination with our destruction, I think. Part of it is a desire to feel that we have some more control over our destiny than we really do. We don't want to be at the whim of Nature...like the dinosaurs were, for instance, if you believe the meteorite theory of extinction. Part of it is a completely valid desire to help continue our species as long as possible. What's fascinating is that once we've exhausted our interest in the current "hot" topic, we move almost effortlessly onto the next one....with almost zero memory of our past. In 5 years, or maybe 7, when global warming has been replaced by the latest and greatest doomsday scenario, we'll have almost entirely forgotten everything we are discussing these days. This isn't a rap against global warming or it's potential for harm....just an interesting observation on human nature. On 2/7/07, Denstizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Valid point. And interesting. Remember "Save the Whales"? > > There's really quite a bit going on at any given moment. > > Why do we focus on such a narrow view? > > Did you know that: ( http://www.amref.org/ ) > *Malaria is the most important parasitic disease in the world*. It kills > 3,000 children every day and more than one million each year. The majority > of these deaths occur among children under five years of age and pregnant > women in sub-Saharan Africa. The clinical disease burden is especially > high > among these two groups as a result of immature and weakened immunity > respectively. > > The CDC puts it between 700,000 and 2.7 mil a year. 3,000 a day. > > That trips me out. Now, there's the whole population issue, which this > helps abate.... rough tho! =] > > Just think it's strange is all... > :D > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
