Well, that was a very
spirited post from Mr. G. Gordon Liddy! Now we have another response to my post
on germophobia. Sarah McLachlan makes an impassioned plea, but from a
very different perspective. Her post follows.
--BeaverPuppet
My fellow humans,
Like Mr. Liddy, BeaverPuppet’s post on germs stirred an
emotional response within me, but for very different reasons. I found the
callousness with which BeaverPuppet discusses germs and their destruction to be
quite shocking. We must remember that Germs are living creatures, just like us,
and we have no right to destroy them. Furthermore, Germs have lived on The
Earth for millions of years before human beings came along. This is their home, and we are the intruders. We must learn to live with each other.
BeaverPuppet suggests a more passive approach to our
treatment of Germs. My friends, that is not good enough! We must end the germ
holocaust! Rather than fighting germs, we need to fund programs that will study
and tag them, so we can learn about their mating and migration patterns, and
how best we can protect and nurture them. We need to establish germ crossings
and habitats, so they have places where they can get away for awhile, without
the interference of men. And we need
to identify transgender germs so we can get them started on their treatments
and reassignment surgeries.
Now I know that it is not always easy to live with germs.
They do make us sick. But brothers and sisters, don’t you realize how beautiful
that is? Our sickness is a sign that we are giving life to other creatures in
the universe! Every time, I cough, or sneeze, or vomit, or get flatulence or
diarrhea, I think, “How beautiful, it’s like the germs are nursing at my
teets!” It makes feel like I’m Mother
Earth!
I have no doubts, that if everyone is willing to give just a
little, we can learn to live peacefully with our germ brothers and sisters. So let’s all come together and hold hands.
Maybe we’ll spread some germs!
In peace,
Sarah McLachlan
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