Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:40:19 PM
My wife brought up a good point that I missed on an article I posted earlier. There are lots of people who think global warming is a religion. I agree to some degree. At
It's getting hot in here, they discuss ending their fast after the Copenhagen summit.
Personally, I am feeling a very strange and beautiful feeling today, as we concluded the fast,
after 43 days entirely without food, coinciding with the disappointing end of COP15. It is a mix of feelings – disappointment at politics mixed with hope for the future, met expectations (regarding the politicians’ lacklustre performances) mixed with passion and love, excitement and inspiration (for the peoples’ climate movement), and finally, a very strange sensation of taste in my mouth and nutrition in my belly once more.
This was done through another website,
Climate Justice Fast! that called it a hunger strike. But reading the above, you get the sense that it was certainly more than just a protest.
Fasting is a uniquely religious action. It has been used to lose weight, and has always been a part of protest. But to mix it with climate change legislation, and then talk about peace and love, well, seems a little odd to me. Whether this is proof that they have turned this into a religion is up to the individual. But you know the old saying: If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.