Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Global warming

The Right Reverend Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta 1823-26, deserves honour as the prophet & founder of our modern Green movement. For he it was who wrote the hymn From Greenlands icy mountain which contains the line Where every prospect pleases & only Man is vile

And yea it has come to pass. For we are all sinners & the end of the world is nigh!

Stop driving

Stop flying

Stop importing food

Turn off that tv & that computer


Now lets see. Which of our ancestors lived the perfect green life?


But wait. For we are guilty not just of our own sins but of theirs as well

Auschwitz? Mea culpa

The Irish famine? Mea culpa

Slavery? Mea maxima culpa

Personally I should like to put on trial those who cut down the beautiful Peak Forest. And hacked out those ancient limestone quarries. And riddled the place with lead mines. And forced railways through to scar our countryside, using the power of money & clever fat cat lawyers

Why did they not take more seriously thier duty to future generations? To Us

Why were not they as clever & far sighted as we are?


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