The serious and sometimes satirical reflections of a priest, poet, and pilgrim — who knowing he has not obtained the goal, presses on in a Godward direction.
October 25, 2012
Thought for 10.25.12
Bats and ideologues, while not literally blind, rely primarily on the echoes of their own voices for their livelihood.
Bats actually serve a social, biological and economic purposes. Their pest control services could be valued in the billions of dollars. They perform pollination services, and bat guano is a popular fertilizer. Can ideologues claim any of these benefits?
Eleanor, I'm not so sure that ideologues do much in the way of pest control, but I do think they rival our wing-fingered friends in the guano department. ;-)
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Excellent.
ReplyDeleteBats actually serve a social, biological and economic purposes. Their pest control services could be valued in the billions of dollars. They perform pollination services, and bat guano is a popular fertilizer. Can ideologues claim any of these benefits?
ReplyDeleteEleanor, I'm not so sure that ideologues do much in the way of pest control, but I do think they rival our wing-fingered friends in the guano department. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI doubt whether ideologue BS is as useful on the garden as guano.
ReplyDeleteRobert, I think some studies show it to be either toxic or to promote excessive growth of "suckers" as the rose-tenders call them, or leaf burn... ;-)
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