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| Speak More About Fire |
| 2009-03-14 |
| h/t Tim Blair Given that we are doomed to mention "fire" in a fire warning, how do we shape a judicious public policy about bushfire prevention? I suggest we could better come to terms with the role of fire in our imaginative and social experience. I think I would argue that, long before the next bushfire season, we should speak more about fire, about its energy, which we use in so many life-giving activities and about its potential for destruction. I have no evidence but I think that refining our understanding of its emotional, symbolic and physical power might be a good thing now in Victoria, when fire has brought us to our knees in such sadness and mourning. Pray, do go on. Did I tell you that you have lovely eyes? |
| Posted by:KBK |