Sunny Euphemism
© David Moorhead — July 2007
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The term climate change is very popular, but climate change has become a sunny—everything will be fine if we buy the right stuff—euphemism for the term climate cycles. If the term climate cycles was explained by media as much as the term climate change, Earthlings may get the accurate impression that pockets of temporary climate changes could be as unpleasant as grand sweeping climate cycles are unavoidable and unpleasant over millenniums.
We Earthlings have yet to train ourselves to remember nature, and our life as a species in nature, are cyclic over millenniums. Rather, from global warming marketing campaigns, many people think global warming started two years ago. And, if climates aren’t as we wish them to be, then we can pray, meditate, contemplate, ponder, make up another sunny euphemism, pray again, experiment, talk, and prayerfully legislate to get changing climates fixed, as we deem fit.
The idea that humans are too much at blame and hence are able to avoid climate cycles is preposterous, but applauded by the cabal of patriarchical ecclesiastical demagogues and corporate polluters—many invisible men represented by one sunny euphemism after another spoken by sniveling witlings documented by media week after week.
All theocratic bullying and irresponsible consumerism tolerated by Earthlings will not stop natural climate cycles. We can also begin our civic duty and pronounce healthy disrespects for ideologies concealed by sunny euphemisms, that are inflicted and immortalized in media by unethical environmental politicians and pious demagogues, who deliberately shriek doublespeak while keeping their fingers crossed behind their backs.
Every ambitious would-be empire clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it is sacrificing her sons only for the most noble and humanitarian purposes. That is a lie; and it is an ancient lie, yet generations still rise and believe it.
~ Henry David Thoreau (b 1817), American author, naturalist, transcendentalist
Our constant curiosity
is key
to watching what’s being created.
~ David Moorhead |