"only when the last tree had died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught, will we realise we cannot eat money'
2007-12-30 13:06:17 · 12 answers · asked by Frankie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, its true and sad that some people don't realize how selfish they are and how each one of us impacts nature. Its easier to ignore the obvious than to do something about it. It starts with caring.
2007-12-30 13:23:53 · answer #1 · answered by T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
very interesting. i think about money all the time. why does all of society rely on these sheets of paper called money? why do we have to catch fish and cut down trees to get money? it seems everything turns to money. I know that it is a sad way to think of our earth, but we have become greedy monsters who only care about getting higher on the social ladder. To do this, we have to go to school, which required money, get job and work our butts off. why do we have to work and work evidently to just die. I think that some greater force is stopping us from knowing why. if we know everything, who knows what will happen. but who is that greater force, why are we here on this ball of floating mass, whatever that is. I dont think that we should even know, that something is stopping us from knowing. it is the most confusing thing. Back to money. To tell you, money is inevitable. Heres how, back then, when there were primitave people, they would trade this spear for this corn, etc. evetually, that turned into money. So...... money is inevitable. But what if something happened long long ago that stopped us from thinking about asking for more than what we have, wanting more. That is what plagues mankind, us wanting more and more. It is embedded in our genes, our souls, but why? why do we need more than our neighbors, why? it is impossible to figure out, and that all leads to that greater force, whatever it is, limiting us to what we can understand, and what we inevitably cant. Thank you for reading, if you did read the whole thing.
2007-12-30 22:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by *Star* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an often quoted and wise Cree saying.
The native americans lived on the land and only took what was needed to survive. They have watched the lands change over the years.
I suppose that this saying will be repeated again and again as the environment is in the forefront of our consciousness these days.
2007-12-30 23:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Semantically, it isn't true. The world doesn't need to watch the last tree falling to realise.
2007-12-30 21:31:04 · answer #4 · answered by sajeev86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite true. If I remember correctly it came from a Native North American Chief in the British Columbia area.
Regardless of where it came from ...it's true.
2007-12-30 21:19:02 · answer #5 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am increasingly afraid that it's true.
2007-12-31 15:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by mindbird 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i saw that on a poster there was a native guy with a grim look on his face. oh yeah that is about 5 outa 10
2007-12-30 22:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm suspecting you are trying to keep farmers from selling their crops to make fuel for my hummer. There may be a little bit of hunger in this world, but what about the price of gas. That's what gets me about you environmentalists. We don't wanna live in the stone age and get eaten by tigers. We wanna live and explore new planets to get never ending resources.
2007-12-30 21:15:52 · answer #8 · answered by Jay K 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
its rubbish cos even if the trees die and the fish die we can still according to the quote eat cows, sheep pigs, chickens etc cos they are not mentioned. what ever is left out must still be ok
2007-12-30 21:19:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It only becomes true if we allow it to.
2007-12-30 21:40:13 · answer #10 · answered by Captain Conundrum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋