Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Balance

I think we've pretty much given up. As little as thirty years ago, sensible people would take to the street to protest various obvious inequities in society and the world. These days, we don't bother. It's not that we're lazy - it's just that we realize there's nothing we can do and our energy is best spent elsewhere. Stopping to eat meat or drive a car or protesting to encourage policy on reduced carbon emissions isn't going to change jack shit. Our planet is completely fucked and standing on Yonge Street with a sign isn't going to change that. Like being on your 23rd vodka, we're past the point of no return.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's Bort on a normal Thursday night trying to get his 24th vodka and soda

Smart Bort said...

Just signed up for a Bay St. poker tourney tonight. Look out liver - here comes the vodka train! In terms of protesting - tell that to the Faluln Gong who stood outside the Chinese Embassy on St.George St. for 5 years straight (including through February nights) and the Tamil Tigers who have been protesting outside the U.S. Embassy even though they done gone busted a year ago. Some people are tenacious in their public condemnations of public policy.