Here are a couple of videos which I think offer glimpses of the true meaning of human ingenuity.
The first is a promotional preview for BBC’s landmark documentary series Human Planet. If you get the opportunity I really recommend you watch the whole series. You can purchase the DVD from BBC.
I have heard many rumours and been worried about the spread of radiation from Fukushima. Here is some information from what seem to be reliable sources:
Japanese government; Tokyo Electric Power Company; International Atomic Energy Agency; Health Physics Society; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; British Columbia Centre for Disease Control; David J. Brenner, Columbia University The Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; BC Centre for Disease Control; David J. Brenner, Columbia University
I thought long and hard on whether to share this terrible video with you and have decided it is not something that I can turn away from. In the oft quoted words of Edmund Burke “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”.
It is not an easy thing to watch but I think it is important for us to see this sort of thing so that we can reflect on who we are and what we do as members of the human family.
If you decide to watch the video, I warn you that it will stay with you for a long time particularly if you are a meat eater as I am.
I understand the need to cull herds following outbreaks of foot and mouth disease but I cannot reconcile this understanding with the barbarity shown here.
What I know is that scenes like this are a direct result of my, and so many others like me, addiction to meat. I fear that one day all of us will come to rue our callous disregard for the creatures with which we share the planet.
You can go here to sign a petition asking the South Korean government to kill these animals humanely, but the best thing any of us can do to prevent this happening in the future is to cut out or, at the very least, cut down on our consumption of meat.
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What are we doing to our planet.
