{"id":2316,"date":"2015-10-02T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2015-10-02T00:00:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:00:41","slug":"nature-good-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/10\/02\/nature-good-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature, Good &#038; Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A random comment by myself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sometimes I think Nature is indifferent to the concepts of Good &amp; Bad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One reader remarked,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0\/=1$text0\/=010\">Well, duh. Red in tooth and claw. The birds aren&#8217;t singing&#8211;they are screaming in pain.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0\/=1$text1\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0\/=1$text3\/=010\" \/><a class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jjjnZvtwtqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146575832036714\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$range0\/=10\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/jjjnZvtwtqA<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s a different interpretation!\u00a0 The YouTube link is to a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Werner_Herzog\" target=\"_blank\">Werner Herzog<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<p>Another reader responded,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146591918701772\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146591918701772\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146591918701772\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".3.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146591918701772\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\">The harmony of overwhelming and connected murder. Oy vey.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Werner did seem to be on a down day, perhaps.\u00a0 Or observing that survival doesn&#8217;t connote joy.\u00a0 Yet another reader goes with logic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-reactid=\".l.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146643842029913\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".l.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146643842029913\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".l.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146643842029913\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".l.1:5.0.1:$comment1146563545371276_1146643842029913\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\">Absolutely. Good &amp; Bad (good &amp; evil) are totally human constructs. The closest nature comes to that kind of moral judgement is a consideration of desireable vs. undesireable. No shades of morality attached.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hard to assail that fortress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A random comment by myself: Sometimes I think Nature is indifferent to the concepts of Good &amp; Bad. One reader remarked, Well, duh. Red in tooth and claw. The birds aren&#8217;t singing&#8211;they are screaming in pain.http:\/\/youtu.be\/jjjnZvtwtqA There&#8217;s a different interpretation!\u00a0 The YouTube link is to a Werner Herzog video. 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