Thursday, August 24, 2006

Who? What? Pluto is no longer a planet?!

Have you heard the latest news?

Pluto is no longer a planet!!!

All the things they taught us about the solar system... nine planets... making us memorise...

Ok, I'm not bemoaning the issue about pluto not being a mega stellar object anymore.
My issue here is... why are human beings spending so much time, effort, money, brains... etc etc, summarised as resources, to argue if pluto is a planet?

My goodness!

We don't even know where is the deepest part of the ocean on earth!
We don't even know how long is the rainforest is going to survive!
We don't even know what to do about ozone depletion!
We don't even know when the next crazy person will smash planes into buildings!
We don't even know the intricracies of our DNAs and how to use it for our benefit!
We don't even know how many species of plants, mammals, amphibians, birds... on this planet!
We don't even know how many 'species' of human beings there is!
We don't even know how to live lives together on this planet!
We don't even know how to respect Earth!
We don't even know how to...

Pluto is no longer a planet!

And that requires millions and millions of dollars, hours and days on the debating table, utilising some of the world's top minds to decide!

Pluto is no longer a planet! Charon might be!

And somewhere someone is dying in the cold...
And somewhere someone is crying in pain due to gun wounds...
And somewhere someone is groaning as tumor in his mind began its works...
And somewhere someone is wondering why the kids had abandoned him/her in a home...
And somewhere someone is trying to learn how to speak at the age of 24...
And somewhere someone is struggling to tie his/her shoe laces due to a pre-birth deficiency...

Pluto is no longer a planet!

Crap.............

When is anyone ever going to focus on something more concrete...