moswen said:what a sad place we live in, we've created an entire world that completely depends on taking something out of the earth that is non-replentishable, we create situations where large scale major disasters happen, and because of our lack of caring for the creatures with which we share this world, we punish them with the death penalty for esentially "being in the wrong place at the wrong time" and living and doing what they've done for thousands of years. and we're NOT ALLOWING anyone to come in and save a life. awesome. i'm not going to lie, and i know someone will call me a nerd for this, but it would be totally awesome to be a navi, not a human...
spikethebest said:thank you for sharing that picture. thank you for the contact info. i wish I didnt live so far away, or else I would be out there every weekend saving turtles.
TylerStewart said:moswen said:what a sad place we live in, we've created an entire world that completely depends on taking something out of the earth that is non-replentishable, we create situations where large scale major disasters happen, and because of our lack of caring for the creatures with which we share this world, we punish them with the death penalty for esentially "being in the wrong place at the wrong time" and living and doing what they've done for thousands of years. and we're NOT ALLOWING anyone to come in and save a life. awesome. i'm not going to lie, and i know someone will call me a nerd for this, but it would be totally awesome to be a navi, not a human...
Most of this post is highly blown out of proportion.... You make the entire event something that mankind wanted to happen. There's nobody that's happy about it. I also don't think there's anybody intentionally burning a sea turtle (it most likely was a story written by some environmental activist anyways). It's not that we don't care about the creatures, like you said. Every one of us was born dependent on oil, whether we agree with it or not. There is currently no alternative and there won't be any time soon, no matter how much money is thrown at windmills and solar panels, they just can't power things enough. Accidents happen. Nobody is happy about it. Some are working hard to minimize damage (the people of LA, with no help from the federal government), and others are using stories and photos of burning sea turtles and oil covered birds to their political advantage. Simple, really.