"In the most general terms, there are but two world views.One can take the view that life is sacred or that life is a commodity.A sacred view of life gives birth to feelings of duty, protection, and love.It emphasizes values of joy, beauty, happiness, and caring and sets up an internal constraint against the exploitation of other individuals, groups, or species.Our word sacred comes from the Latin sacer from the root seen also in sanus, sane.A sacred view of life, then, is a sane view of life.A commodity view is interested in profit, domination, and control.It seeks to "gain the world" and subjugate it to the will of man (and only "the fittest" men at that).At the core of the commodity view of life are two seeds: individual self-interest economics and man against nature technology. Planet Earth is choking on these seeds."
We get the Seattle news up here in Vancouver, BC and I have recently been totally moved by the story of Teresa Butz, a lesbian who was murdered in her home trying to defend her and her girlfriend against a vicious intruder, who had broken into their home and raped them both. The details are becoming clearer and clearer about what happened that early morning and I won't print them here (because they're too upsetting). If you think you can handle it, go here.
Teresa and her partner had a commitment ceremony planned for September and were going to celebrate Teresa's 40th birthday in Spain in October.
I don't know if the story got national attention or not, but it got extensive regional coverage before and after they caught the suspect (may he burn in hell forever). Teresa's last words on the street to neighbors: "He [the intruder] told us if we did what he asked us to do he wouldn't hurt us. He lied, he lied."
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