munk said:
<<<"My point was simply that animals live in better balance with their natural surroundings than we do. My opinion, thats all.>>>>>>>>>>>> Bamboo
I'm glad you agreed with many of my points, also, Bamboo. I'd like to look at this statement of yours for a moment. I'm not sure what percentage of wolves is equal to the average human, maybe 1.5, but lets make it a strict one on one count. How many billions of people are we feeding now? What would happen to the Earth if there were that many billions of Wolves instead of people?
Now, who lives in better balance?
munk
Yes, humankind has come up with some amazing ways of handling incredibly diverse situations.
I don't think there would ever be billions of wolves on the planet because of the natural checks and balances that exist within nature.
I can walk out my door, down the street, and how many obese people will I see? Plenty. It is common knowledge that the population in America is consistently getting fatter. This to me is out of balance. Something is wrong when individuals let themselves become like this. Animals don't overeat. They don't eat when they are bored, or lonely. They eat simply to eat. They hunt, they kill, they forage ... simply to eat. They sleep when they are tired, and work when there is work to be done.
A while back, I was going through some hard decision making, seeing most of my friends climb higher up the corporate ladder, making better $, buying houses, and getting fat. Also, in a large part of their lives, becoming unhappy. But to me, I feel health is more important than wealth, and I don't see it in most of these people's lives.
I asked a close friend this question, because I kept getting stuck on it ... "What is more important, being able to easily run up a flight of stairs, or making a lot of money." Yes, it is simplisitic in its approach, but the IDEA is the important part. I honestly think the stairs are the more important of the two. Of course the ideal is to have a balance of both, but this is what I find to be missing in such a big part of the world.
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The Oil for Food program in the Middle East ... riddled with corruption. Major Businesses .... riddled with corruption. Every world government ... riddled with corruption. This doesn't mean they don't function, and in some cases function extremely well. But they are still highly unbalanced due to greed, thirst for power, or a need to be the best.
Animals don't do this. Yes, they will defend their territory, but not out of greed. They defend for survival and to insure their mating abilities. It just seems more in tune with what is necessary as opposed to what is desired.
Thanks for your comments, Munk.
~ Bamboo