‘We don’t want offshore windmills,’ they said. ‘They ruin the natural beauty of the island. And they will interfere without sunrise ceremonies.’
I had found these to be reasonable objections to the windmill farm off Cape Cod. My mind’s eye pictured hundreds of the things whirling away in the surf, casting shadows over the beach, harshing the mellow of a sunrise ritual … yeah I can see that.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
This is not a spoiled view. This is not going to interfere with a sunrise ritual.
This is people who want teevee, ipods, cheap electricity in a never-was 18th century New England Shangri-La.
Life is not a Maxfield Parrish painting.
Cross posted to Space For Commerce.
“Sunrise rituals” are invented bullshit anyway.
The White Father is gullible these days. I blame hippies.
Comment on Instapundit: “Ted Kennedy is spinning in his grave.”
My immediate thought: Hook a turbine up to him…
(yeah, I get those kind of thoughts. Sometimes I even share them.)
“Sunrise rituals” are invented bullshit anyway.
Invented, sure. All ritual was invented by someone.
Bullshit, no. Ritual can bring solace to the afflicted, heal the spiritually lame and generally be a good thing. Doesn’t matter if you made it up yourself last week or ‘because that’s the way we did it at St. Mary’s when I was a kid’.