Conflict, fighting, murder, war.... it has all been there, part of human culture.... the violence of civilisation...
When we talk about violence among people... there is a duality... A perpetrator and a victim... or an attacker and a counter-attacker...
There is a possibility of a retaliation... the victim can fight back, can assert his/her rights.
If you hurt me, I will make sure you pay for it in some way.
The dodo, an australian bird, was hunted as a pastime. It did not fight back. It did not know revenge... not even as a 'deterrence'. It went extinct.
When people cut trees... trees dont cut people... they just disappear.
When we destroy forests, they dont resist too much... in the face of powerful chainsaws, bulldozers, etc.
They can't.
But what are we destroying? Just the few inconvenient plants on the construction site? Just a few voiceless savages? Just a few thousands of acres?
The full extent of the damage is not within my grasp. Shall we wait and watch?
1 comment:
i like ur posts...yash
Not read much in ur first blog.
But this one is going just fine.
Speak boldly as you are doing. Dont be afraid, you are doing the right thing, yup but sometimes i fear that the woods will take you away. U r living on the edge for a good reason. Hope God realises ur efforts to save His creations, and rewards u soon.
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