Thursday, December 06, 2007

to not see

Noah, who, because his son Ham saw him naked, cursed Ham and his descendants, enslaving them forever to the descendants of Noah's other two sons, Shem and Japheth...I always wondered what was so wrong with what Ham did. What was he supposed to not look at, and why was he supposed to not talk? Why did his brothers go to such great lengths to not see?

The Culture of Make Believe - Derrick Jensen

Dec 6, 2007 8:29:45 PM | ear candy

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contempt He said he'd tried to quit several times before, but this time he was going to make it. I asked why. "Because I understand now why I was killing myself. It's not just that the tobacco executives feel contempt for me, but that I felt contempt for myself." Though he couldn't see me, I nodded. "If I really valued myself, " he said evenly," could I hurt myself in this way?" I shook my head. Silence on the line. "I think this is the one reason, too, that we're killing the planet." He paused, and almost unconsciously I listened for the slight puffing that in previous times would have indicated he was taking a drag, followed by a long, slow exhilation, but I heard nothing. "I think deep inside we don't believe we deserve clean rivers, clean air, ponds full of frogs, intact ecosystems, a livable world." I told him I agreed. "If we loved ourselves," he said, before correcting humself and speaking so quickly the words ran into each other, "or even if we just didn't hate ourselves"--a long pause, and again I listened in vain for the puff--"would we be able to destroy our home?" The Culture of Make Believe - Derrick Jensen

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