Keropok* for thought:
- Must something be worth money for us to value it enough to protect it? Can we not protect something for its own sake?
- What happens when their children decide to pursue a more profitable business and decide to use the land for other purposes? Like building factories?
- Can we fault them for wanting to earn more money, when many of us can't imagine a life without our own comforts gained through money, such as this very laptop being used to post this entry? *sssh, don't listen my laptop, my precious... you won't be forsaken*
- And how can you tell a starving person to stop the very activity his livelihood is based on, yet offer no alternatives?
'It's a complex world, so hard for a casual guy like me'
*continues singing off key*
[line stolen from 'It's a Complex World by The Young Adults]
Zebutionary
keropok* : cracker in Malay
This is very true and occur in a lot of place in SE Asia :(
ReplyDeleteLike people keep complaining the construction of Mekong River mainstream dam, but no one offered other lucrative alternatives to the government in order to stop them from building dams.