"Sometimes I feel like a hobbit watching orks decimate the Shire. I FEEL
the land as it is being destroyed. I feel the idiot darkness in those
who put the profit motive above the
future of life. We love the hobbits so much because they embody our
subconscious yearning for home, for tribal community, for humble,
beautiful living and for a deep, unwavering relationship with place -
with land we can tend and love and know. We love Bilbo so much because
he is the hobbit who can know home, yet still be a wanderer. Oh fellow
wanderers - it's time to return home and make a stand for our forests,
our watersheds, our mountain tops, our salmon, our seed. If you are
constantly distracted by the journey, you won't feel the orks coming.
You won't notice what's being lost. Those oil companies want you to be
addicted to the fuel it takes to perpetuate your flight - so attached to
your physical freedom that you will fight for cheap oil rather than get
real about how your own unteathered lifestyle is destroying your
untended back yard. I'm not saying don't travel... i'm just saying, get
real."
~~Samantha Sweetwater~~
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