Re: Doing nothing is not an option, it's a crime

ComandanteBanana

(In this post I make the statement that both Divine Intervention and
Escape by Spaceship are dangerous believes when it leads us to do
nothing)

Originally Posted by remsav
"Of all the things to complain about you pick NASA. How about the
20billion/yr subsidy for oil companies, 30billion/yr not to grow food
in the farmbill just passed by congress. Or at least complain about
the 50billion in congressional earmarks thats pissing our money away
but you pick NASA instead, one agency that has created new technology
and industry."


Well, it happens that I was addressing someone who thinks we can
escape this planet to avoid an ecological catastrophe. And that, along
with the belief that Jesus will come at the last minute to save them,
is not only a form of mental masturbation, but a recipe for disaster.
Doing nothing is not an option, it's a crime. Regrettably, this
Administration has funded both religion and NASA liberally while the
people, without bikes and other essentials of life, get poorer
everyday. Of course, it has wasted a greater fortune in the war and
other extravagant projects, but we are all aware of those. Typical
lion behavior...

HOW THE LION BENEFITS FROM THE LITTLE ANIMALS' POVERTY

One day all the little animals went up to the King of the Jungle and
complained about their poverty, and in particular about the fact that
every time, during the dry season, they had to travel long distances
to drink the precious fluid, and demanded a WATER WELL be built for
them... They cited how the resources that they contributed to the
kingdom were wasted in WARS and EXTRAVAGANT PROJECTS to the tastes of
the King... He, however, replied with all kinds of excuses: the lack
of resources, that it wasn't a matter of him not wanting it, but that
it was a matter of "priorities" --which was one of his favorite
words...

Meanwhile, an Owl --who had very good eyes-- had been observing life
in the jungle, and thought this way: "Every time there's a dry season
the little animals must come to the little dirty waterhole where the
Lion waits for them... Had they been well fed and strong, he would
have had to run after them and even risk resistance. And, more
importantly, the little animals are forced to fight the Lion's wars as
the quick way out of poverty..."

And that's how the Owl landed an important --and well paid-- post in
the brand new Astronomy Department created by the King of the Jungle --
to the effect of exploring life in other planets...


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