Kurt Vonnegut writes a chilling evaluation of the direction we are heading in as a species. The last line had my hair standing on end.
(Thanks, Robert Brady)
Lately the advertisements for the movie “The Day After Tomorrow” has hit the media here in Japan, and the scenes of the Earth in its dying throes has caused a lot of people to turn their heads. One evening while on my way to work, the entire interior of the train was plastered with posters and flyers of the movie.
While I am curious about the movie and would like to see where it takes the whole issue of caring for our planet, it bothers me very deeply that most people will probably just watch the movie for the thrill is induces, as if the degradation and destruction of all of life is just a media event and has no direct bearing on their lives.
As Vonnegut points out, we are all in for a terribly rude awakening.
Laughing Knees 
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Kurt Vonnegut is one of my top ten favorite writers of all time. Nobody says it better. He says it so well that I wouldn’t even try to say it myself or add a postscript. What a treasure he is. And yes, all of us are in for a terribly rude awakening. Either us or our children.
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