The argument against the off shore drilling moratorium reminds me of an addict. There are alcoholics, for example, that will drink themselves to death. Even after the alcoholic has had a 'scare' and been hospitalized with a serve health concern. And once released, he still continues his deleterious ways, until he dies. I had an uncle like this.
The same idea can be applied to a smoker. Everyone understands that smoking slowly kills you. In addition, it makes one smell like shit and look worse. It discolors teeth and skin and makes one look like a leather mitt. Have you ever seen a 20 year smoker? Nasty.
And yet the argument against off shore drilling is being made because of jobs. I understand that folks need to live, but do we have to continue to destroy ourselves in the process? Let's face it, the oil spill says more about us than it does about anything else. The destruction is ours, collectively. And so the argument is made that we need to continue drinking, even though we have slcerosis, or that we should continue to smoke, even though we have lung cancer, so that we may pay the bills. We are killing a part of us, the Gulf, so that we may have oil, our addiction. If we are sick, shouldn't we stop and diagnose the problem then take steps to correct it? A moratorium makes all the sense in the world, but I am sure it will be lifted to allow us to continue the slow death.
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