From: Robert Comer 

Interesting quote I just saw that Vonnegut made:

"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy
to try very hard... and too damn cheap," he once suggested carving
into a wall on the Grand Canyon, as a message for flying-saucer
creatures."

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Bob Comer




On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:40:52 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:15:34 -0400, Robert Comer
> wrote:
>
>>It can be, but I'm too empathic to sit back and watch others die
>>without it bothering mean, and climate warming is definitely going to
>>cause suffering.
>
>Stuff happens.  We can empathize/sympathize or we can move on.  Often
>there are great opportunities than we can't even see coming.
>
>>>We are not that important in the universe, it goes
>>>on without our silly scratching about.
>>
>>We are all we have, and truly, we (the human we) are the only thing
>>that is important.
>
>We are important to our sphere, but I just don't see it being
>something to be so arrogant about.  I believe the checks and balances
>in nature takes care of itself.
>
>>The quote that fits my attitude best is about not going to go quietly
>>in the night...
>
>Old age should rage and all that.  I rage in my own way, pushing back
>against age...but I know who always wins in the end.
>
>"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
>Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
>
>- Richard

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