X-mas trees were taken from pagan solstice ceremonies when the "holy mother church" was trying to convert "savages" to their religion, and therefore add to their coffers from tithing. I look at the way so-called x-tians have co-opted the tree thing and it makes me laugh at their expense.
I don't know if trees have spirits but damn, I can't do anything without wrecking someone's day, it seems. The clothes I wear mean that people in sweatshops suffered, the certified organic coffee means smaller fair trade coffee farmers are being pushed out of business, if I buy certified fair trade then I'm hurting the ones who can't afford to say they are fair trade, everything from animals means I've killed them through paying for the items, organic, free-range or no, they're still dead, even the non-animal items means I'm helping deplete the earth of oil that went towards the plastic, the wool I use is ok, but if I buy acrylic I'm again depleting oil reserves, when I drive my car I'm polluting the earth, when I take the bus I'm still polluting the earth. Nothing I do is safe. I can spend horrible amounts of time contemplating the fact that I and other humans are nothing but a blight on the earth and we should all kill ourselves.
Happy fucking birthday to me.
