tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5302016891748317670..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Depraved IndifferenceLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-30659768412196475512017-06-14T17:45:48.188-04:002017-06-14T17:45:48.188-04:00I totally agree, Mound. The fact is all of us take...I totally agree, Mound. The fact is all of us take a measure of comfort in our willful ignorance. That way, we can live out our lives without personal sacrifice, even while we know deep down that the bill will become due for others, including our children and succeeding generations.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50710919652570924162017-06-14T16:24:10.261-04:002017-06-14T16:24:10.261-04:00These people don't exist for us and so their c...These people don't exist for us and so their common predicament is of no moment. That extends to climate change. We view it as a problem that might require better sea walls for Vancouver or new agricultural techniques across the prairies. We see it in the context of "our" problems which masks the more lethal impacts being caused among the poorest and most vulnerable in distant reaches. We don't draw connections which is critical to accepting self-interest such as exporting bitumen. If we were to acknowledge that each of those supertankers is a death sentence for some kid or kids in some far off hell hole we would have to weigh it differently, perhaps more responsibly. Yet responsibility is the very thing we seek to avoid.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-43350724217550522042017-06-14T15:10:31.672-04:002017-06-14T15:10:31.672-04:00The world, sadly, seems full of such missed opport...The world, sadly, seems full of such missed opportunities, doesn't it, Owen?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-27103202704810616972017-06-14T14:18:39.395-04:002017-06-14T14:18:39.395-04:00The gravest sins, Lorne, are sins of omission -- ...The gravest sins, Lorne, are sins of omission -- because we could have done something and we didn't.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com