Lonesome George, the last of his kind

Lonesome George, the last of his kind
please forgive us...

George...the rarest creature on Earth

George...the rarest creature on Earth
and the loneliest

Lonesome George

Every now and then George closes his eyes for a few centuries the stars stop for the occasion and the sun goes out, his night lit only by dream...

"Hello, big boy," she says, shell new and lustrous, green as the deep sea; and her eyes deep as the dark gems that glow deep where it roots...

George, lifting his nose skyward still seeing her behind his closed eyes moves forward
slow as lava oozing from the bottom of the sea

His scaled feet arch like trees first planted then pulled up from their roots...

"I'm coming," he says.

Written by, Steve Campbell

"Lonesome George" is the name given by biologists to the last surviving male Giant Galapagos Tortoise. There are no surviving females.

The entire Giant Galapagos Tortoise species was destroyed directly by humans. The tortoise's shells were used to make tourist trinkets. The shell is part of the tortoise's body (like turtles). Without their shell, they die much like a human having their skin removed (I imagine, equally as painful).

Items that were made with the tortoise shells include women's hair clips & barrettes, ash trays, decorative shoe horns, letter openers etc.

The animal was usually still alive when it's 'soft' body was cruelly cut out from it's shell. In countries like China, and the Island of Bali, this brutal and unethical practice of live tortoise/turtle slaughter continues.

George is approximately 90 years old. In 2008, great efforts were made to help George produce offspring by fertilizing eggs of a 'close' relative species. Sadly, the experiment failed.

George is the rarest known creature in the world and... the loneliest.

Extinction is forever.


Lonesome George, the window to his soul

Lonesome George, the window to his soul
Pain and Suffering is Universal

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Digg - Evers bill allows voodoo, animal sacrifices in Florida schools

Digg - Evers bill allows voodoo, animal sacrifices in Florida schools


PS

I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A FEW COMMENTS TELLING ME THAT I AM "GOING TO HELL".

I DO NOT BELIEVE A SUPREME BEING WOULD REQUIRE HUMANS TO CREATE BULDINGS (SHRINE, CHURCH ECT). TO CONNECT. I FIND IT CREEPY THAT STRUCTURES ARE CREATED TO DISPLAY DEVOTION AND FRIGHTENING WHEN PEOPLE FORCE THEIR (PERSONAL) BELIEFS ONTO OTHERS.

BUT, IF GOING TO CHURCH (OR THE LIKE) MAKES SOMEONE WANT TO BE A BETTER HUMAN, PLEASE, POWER TO THEM!

PLEASE, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TRYING TO FRIGHTEN ME INTO BECOMING A BELIVER OF YOUR FEAR-MONGERING "GOD". WHAT KIND OF "GOD" WANTS FOLLOWERS OUT OF FEAR?

UNLESS YOU, MR "ANONYMOUS" (AKA THE COWARDLY COMMENTATOR) ARE GOING TO TAKE ME THERE RIGHT NOW, DON'T WASTE YOUR BREATH! SAVE YOUR NEGATIVE ENERGY FOR SOMEONE WHO GIVES A CRAP.

I AM AN ETHICAL VEGAN. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT TO PURPOSELY KILL (OR TORTURE!) A SENTIENT BEING FOR ANY SELFISH, SELF-SERVING PURPOSE. VIVASECTION, CONSUMPTION, RELIGION, CLOTHING, ENTERTAINMENT ETC. IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE OTHERWISE. NO ONE HAS TO AGREE WITH MY CHOICE. ALL I KNOW, IS THAT I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO LIFE BY DOING IT AND I WANT IT THAT WAY.

WITH THAT SAID, I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE US CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE USED TO LEGALIZE ACTS OF TERROR.

TO BELIEVERS OF "MY GOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR GOD", THEY ARE POISON IN THE WELL, MENTALLY UNFIT AND UNSTABLE HUMAN BEINGS. UN-FIT FOR LIVING AMONGST THE REST OF SOCIETY. THEIR EXISTANCE, ONLY BEARS FRUITS OF FEAR AND HATRED.

THESE RELIGIOUS FANATICS WHO USE THIER "GOD" TO JUSTIFY EVIL, DO NOT BELONG AROUND INNOCENT SCHOOL CHILDREN OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER). I WILL GO EVEN FURTHER TO SAY THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO REPRODUCE.


THAT'S RIGHT!

I SAID IT!



P O P U L A T I O N C O N T R O L.


APPARENTLY, WE CAN'T CONTROL OURSELVES AND OUR GROSSLY OVER-CROWDING AND OVER-CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES ARE BECOMING A BURDEN THE PLANET CAN NO LONGER WITHSTAND.


I DO NOT KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN A "GOD". AND MOST CERTAINLY, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A "GOD" THAT DESIRES "KILLING", IF "GOD" IS SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD "GOD", HOW CAN THE SUPREME BEING BE PLEASED BY THE "SACRIFICING" OF A HELPLESS CREATURE? KILLING IN THE NAME OF "GOD"? THAT IS A "GOD" OF DEATH... EVIL. A "GOD' FOR THOSE WHO ARE HATEFUL, WEAK, IGNORANT AND CRUEL.

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