From: Keith ( -207.216.61.220)
Subject: The world is changing
Date: April 24, 2008 at 5:30 pm PST
The following paragraphs are taken from a column that appeared in a
mainstream newspaper, the NovaScotian, this week:
"The truth is that two worlds are colliding every spring at the seal
hunt. Loyola Hearn [Cdn. Miniser of Fisheries and Oceans] represents the
fading world-view which holds that human beings somehow rank above all
other beings, holding dominion over the living whole and exploiting it
without restraint. [Paul] Watson [of the Sea Shepard Society], a vegan,
represents the leading edge of a new world of people who recognize
themselves as part of nature, responsible for their stewardship of the
natural world, and no more precious than any other species on the planet.
Watson was speaking for that new world when he said that the deaths of
the four sealers was a tragedy -- but the deaths of 270,000 seals was an
even greater tragedy. The striking outcome of that remark -- as I saw it
on a CBC News poll -- was not that many people were outraged by it, but
that perhaps two-thirds of the callers agreed with him."
I would suggest that another sign of the new world is that someone could
publish that in a newspaper - as a column, not a letter to the editor -
and not get lynched. We are becoming mainstream, folks!
Keith
P.S. I tried to post the link to the entire column here, but it is on a
commercial blog site that is banned. Bummer, because it is a great column.
