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I’d heard about so-called honor killings before, and I recently heard about the one involving Dua Khalil that happened in Iraq a month or so ago. I’m disgusted by it. I’m disgusted by the cell phone movies of it that include the many people recording the event with their own cell phones. I’m disgusted that we as a species have not yet evolved beyond this point.

For goodness’ sake, please read this post by Joss Whedon. He says it all so clearly and elegantly and I can’t hope to match… only to show it and hope that it is read… hope that it is heeded…

People… stand up… be heard…

Make it stop.

Here in northeast Kansas we’ve received more rain than the ground can handle in recent days. The Kaw River has been above flood stage for a while now, and that brought some things to the surface of my mind that normally only hide out in the dark recesses.

One thing I noticed as I watched the river yesterday was the tremendous turnout Lawrence provides for Mother Nature when She throws us a big, wet curveball. Lots of people came down to the riverfront area and watched the logs and whatnot float down, over the dam, and into the churning eddies below.

Many of those people were in awe.

Some of them, however, were interested in using their own methods for detecting the speed of the current. How a sports drink bottle is supposed to yield more information than the branches that were already running downstream I have no idea… Maybe someone could explain it to me?

People don’t appreciate our planet the way they should.

What are we teaching our kids that they turn into people who would make a bigger mess out of our planet than we inherited?