An Inconvenient Truth - Convenient for Politicians

I saw the film by the name of An Inconvenient Truth a couple days ago, and I must say, it was as I expected. An exceptionally well done film that spoke only facts, and wasn't afraid to say the truth. I recommend it to you all, if you haven't seen it already. Now, even if you don't believe in this global warming, or don't want to see the film*, keep an open-mind and watch it anyway. There isn't anything wrong with having cleaner skies, at the least.

What I have noticed, is that Global Warming is a large topic among the politicians. Especially our unbeloved** Conservative party. They speak, pledge, and promise to do something, but really, its just an empty promise meant to ease our hearts and sink us back into a false sense of security once again. At least that's how I perceive it. Don't take everything I say at face value. Think about it first, and then believe every word I say... or rather, type.

Back to the point. They give us empty promises, and do nothing about it. I notice that a lot of people keep saying that they know that no one can change the world alone, that we should just wait for the government to change it, but the thing they don't understand is that every movement starts small, be it with one person or one hundred, these notions start small, and grow as more people become aware. Sitting around, waiting for others to change things won't get you anywhere. Since the others are sitting around as well!

Hrm, which is why I'm going to do some digging in my community and find out what I can do. If I'm to have a voice, I need to act.

Well, I daresay I've gotten quite off topic. Hm, no matter. My post is at an end.

*Bollocks. Believe in it, and do something, or you'll regret your decision fifty years later. If you're not six feet under, that is.

**Yes, I know I made a word up. Live with it!

Walkin in a winter wonderland...

Hm. We seemed to receive a good dumping of snow about a week past. Or was it two? I can't even remember. The last two weeks have been a haze. Interpret that how you will. From 1ft. to 3ft. in some places, it hit the Lower Mainland like a storm - literally. Temperatures dropped, snow became ice, and cars had a lovely time spinning around on the ice.

Apparently, we're supposed to get more snow tonight as well.

Just a short post, but I just thought you should know. The West is engulfed in piles of snow, while the East (as of a week ago*) has green grass and are playing soccer... in Newfoundland!

Remind me again, when did we exchange weather? Did our governmental leaders do that? They've been known to execute sneaky deals in the past. Let's all go petition.

*Now they're starting to feel the cold, but.. ignore it. Pretend this is two weeks ago.

Ignorance Or Faith?

I was in the usual area today, when a certain individual burst in, practically. He could not have been too old, which completely under minded his avid faith in God. He kept pronouncing that 'God was awesome', and that any others who did not believe in God would be cast down in to hell.

The troubling thing is that he was much too young to actually have formed such an avid faith in my own opinion. So I asked myself this, before kindly reprimanding him for enforcing his beliefs on others... was it ignorance, or faith? Surely, faith is not frowned upon. At least, I myself do not frown upon it, even though I consider myself to be a devoted Atheist. From past experiences with Christianity, or any other form of it though, I was inclined to believe that it was selective ignorance. A misinformation, of sorts. I judged the boy to be around thirteen years of age, perhaps a small amount older, probably with parents or a church community who had told him certain things, narrowed his area of judgement, and predisposed him to certain ideals.

Although I did try to reason with him as to why he should not enforce his beliefs on others, he eventually got frustrated and left. Of course, not before throwing a few slanderous comments my way. At that moment, I decided that it was indeed both Ignorance and Faith that were the cause of all this... It seems that both go hand in hand, from most believers I have seen...

Why is it that those who are faithful are so ignorant and narrow-minded, almost all of the time? I find only a rare few people who are not like that, and I greatly respect those people for their open-mindedness, but it becomes so confusing at times, to wonder how such a simple and pure belief could have been twisted, into a chaotic, narrow-minded, excluding, and in certain circumstances, even cruel ideology.

When is it that our race will finally progress? For right now, we are truly just fooling ourselves.