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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis Slams GMOs and Pesticides for Destroying the Earth's 'Complex Web of Ecosystems' [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)10. Not a fan of monoculture, pesticides, etc. It's been said often by natives it's all interconnected.
That was narrated by Russell Means. It descibes what a more natural view of life is.
It is only the desire for power or profit that goes toward another direction and we may commit suicide if we don't lighten up.
Some native prophecies say that our current 'civilization' have so far crossed the line that life on Earth for any human being is going to be extremely bleak and hostile for perhaps thousands of years. And it's not necessary.
Listen to what Means says.
He knew exactly what we have been moving toward. Not from trade treaties in recent memory, but something much larger. This is what has happened to nations and peoples of the world over the last 40 years and more. It is in effect, 'the culture of death.' Everything is considered dead or soon to be dead, and to be used for profit. That includes people as well.
Corporations don't care about what we do. But remember, it is people that achieve what they want by being a member of a corporation - mainly financial wealth. They seem to be a breed apart, who care little for diversity or anything alive.
Just because an idea is old or doesn't give one the rush of power many see from technical achievements, does not make it right or good for the long term. And it degrades those who have the power, just like the ones that it crushes. Like war, the so called winner also loses.
It's said by some natives there will have to be a melding of the different peoples to either head off or survive the catastrophe mankind has created with greed and bigotry.
The way that we treat water and land and living creatures of all kinds, reflect our values.
JHMO.
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Pope Francis Slams GMOs and Pesticides for Destroying the Earth's 'Complex Web of Ecosystems' [View all]
bananas
Jun 2015
OP
And posting the word "horseshit" doesn't mean that science in the service only of profits, and
villager
Jun 2015
#27
So, *your* patronizing insults are okay, but it's just other people's insults that are the problem?
villager
Jun 2015
#96
I started by mentioning that your initial sneering -- which is how you enter any dicussion here --
villager
Jun 2015
#100
Well, that wasn't Einstein's style of critical thinking. He once pointed to a drawer in a table
Joe Chi Minh
Jun 2015
#119
Sorry. Critical thinking has to result in positive thinking or it will remain sterile.
Joe Chi Minh
Jun 2015
#126
Believe it or not, the Pope's powers are quite limited. There are many things he
Cal33
Jun 2015
#140
Are 'liberal' and 'progressive' terms that are meant to be the exclusive preserve of atheists?
Joe Chi Minh
Jul 2015
#173
They are destroying the natural diversity, they're like kudzu-takeover.
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2015
#86
It would behoove churches to begin to preach birth control for the salvation of our species
Dont call me Shirley
Jul 2015
#169
Poison the insects and you poison or starve all of the smaller animals that eat them.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#6
I chose mules because people know what they are. People who didn't take much biology don't know
jeff47
Jun 2015
#151
American Catholics are MORE likely to use artificial birth control than Americans in general.
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#37
I'm saying that I hope the Church and the scientific establishment working TOGETHER
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#62
They can and will be taken seriously on the issue of the global environment because
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#73
I have always advocated that the CC change its position on artificial contraception. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#84
The claim that 98 percent of Catholic women use contraception: a media foul
progressoid
Jul 2015
#166
Not a fan of monoculture, pesticides, etc. It's been said often by natives it's all interconnected.
freshwest
Jun 2015
#10
The Pope knows more than Bill Nye and MdT on the safety of GMOs, imho. mahalo bananas.
Cha
Jun 2015
#45
K&R I am not totally opposed to GMO, nor any potentially beneficial science.
raouldukelives
Jun 2015
#106