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Friday, May 10, 2013

Responsibility

So we've done it,
CO2 levels over 400 ppm
what the scientists warned
us to avoid, the disaster line
something like that
highest in human history
and we've really just begun.

Are you responsible for this?
Did you decide to base our lives
on oil? Did you make sure
alternative energy research got
sabotaged years ago? Did you
decide to build an empire
to acquire our energy needs?
Are you the one?

No? Then what the hell
did you do? Did you endorse it?
Pay taxes to support it? Did you
object to it? Did you raise hell
to stop it? No? No?

Christ, did you do anything?
Did you understand what was
happening? Did you get it?
What? You just minded your
own business? Got married,
raised a family? Minded your
own business?

Are you telling me the health
of the planet isn't your business?
Survival - of us all! - isn't your
business? What do you think,
you're a victim here? A victim?
None of this is your fault?

Well, whose fault is it, then? Who
is responsible for this mess?

If you ever find out, let me know.