May They Rot In Hell...

It once again smacks me in the forehead that some people just are not fit for public exposure.  As in any at all.

It's the 21st Century, folks, and that means we're looking into a pit of despair we've mostly created all on our own.

The last three major threats to overall planetary safety from falling space debris has come from the fledgling Chinese Space program, which recently proclaimed it had launched the first part of it's own space station.  This most recent entry in the space debris sweepstake came with a 20-ton rocket booster, it's own entry, and it fell back to the earth this morning.  Somewhere over the Indian Ocean, thus missing the thirty percent of the planet which is dry land, and where the people are mostly thinly spread.

But it does require a certain amount of arrogance and stupidity to lob something into orbit without considering ALL of the consequences.  As in where is the stuff that isn't going to stay up there go?  I mean, if we look at it in the larger picture, no one should be surprised that the Chinese Government is treating yet another region as callously and dangerously they do any other they can foul.  

I am not speaking of the individual Chinese citizen - for I am certain that the average person, once they are aware of the effects of human consumption and misuse of natural resources is aware of the damage we have done, are capable of doing, and what we have not yet figured out how to fix, they'll be as disgusted and terrified as the rest of us.

But the greedy Chinese leaders - little men who seek aggrandizement through poorly-planned and considered attempts to join the rest of the world, while remaining stand-offish because the rest of the world - for the most part - does not share their world view.  Things have certainly changed over the years, and while some who cobbled together the Chinese system of what we today call "Communism" most of us recognize that it is another festering pesthole of restrictive stupidity.  

There are others I would happily consign to that warm place, and yeah, I am aware that it ain't my job to do so, which should create some relief should any of these new nitwits actually take me seriously.

But this new crop is composed 100% by the fuckwits who choose to use - in most cases - the self-applied term of "Pastor" and who alledge they preach the word of God to a rapt group of believers.  And yet there are a fair number of these half-assed piles of walking sludge who insist they must be allowed to gather their followers together and preach the word of the Lord to their faces.  

Please do not misunderstand.  I support the free practice of religion.  I have no problem with you worshiping a divine presence that is represented by an old man, a woman, a giant cloud of pasta, a peanut butter sandwich with the face of a monkey on it, or whatever.  But if you believe that you will be able to gather your followers together and preach to them and not suffer the all-too-obvious after-effects in these pandemic times, well, you can go straight down the elevator shaft.  

I do suppose that it might be rather difficult for the average anti-technology Luddite to, these days, reach their followers by standing on a stump in a field, without some manner of announcing their services will be conducted.  It is the 21st Century.  And while I expect there are a fair few folks in developed areas who lack any form of internet access to get to any such web site or recording of services the pastor has posted to YouTube, I would really be interested in seeing how many of these clowns can hold a service without begging for money.

Indeed, life ain't cheap these days.  But on a fairly practical plane, if you're that certain you're in good with the Lord, perhaps you should eschew those fiscal details, because the Lord will provide - that is, the Lord will provide to all of those who are worthy of the providence.  Should you feel unworthy, perhaps you might choose to seek a pursuit that is less reliant on begging.  

Or maybe I might offer you the free trip to hell on a giant Chinese rocket - because I'm sure they're willing to throw a few more into orbit to show just how they can mess that up.  And if they had their preferences applied to the entire world, no one would know that they've got shit falling out of the sky, because you're a small dot in the vast human population, and it's pretty likely that you and yours will not face death because of their ignorance.  

So there you go.  And off I go.