Ecological Theologies, Day 1

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Quote:
"On September 11, 2001, three thousand people died in an act of terrorism.  That same day, 15,000 people died of water borne disease and illness.  15,000 died on September 12, on September 13...  When will we fight as ardently for clean water as we do against terrorism?"

Comments

[cjshrader]

The answer to that is easy. When it starts to affect us we will. We didn't give a damn about most of the world's terrorism on September 10, 2001.

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Well, in the greater scheme of things, I believe it does already affect us just as terrorism affected us on September 10, 2001. We just haven't noticed its effect.
It's a shame that something has to be knocking on our front door for us to see it and feel compelled to do something about it. (But I do agree with your point--broadly.)