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Aug. 18th, 2006 11:43 amThere's an old Cree Indian Saying, which goes:
Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find you cannot eat money
It pops up on posters all over the place, and is often cited as being representative of the wisdom of wiser people who are more attuned to the earth as compared to us lucre-crazed folks.
What impresses me more is not that the Cree Indians are wiser than us, but more that they have the ability to generate such a great soundbite about the perils of money, whilst at the same time they've just started building their first casino.
Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find you cannot eat money
It pops up on posters all over the place, and is often cited as being representative of the wisdom of wiser people who are more attuned to the earth as compared to us lucre-crazed folks.
What impresses me more is not that the Cree Indians are wiser than us, but more that they have the ability to generate such a great soundbite about the perils of money, whilst at the same time they've just started building their first casino.
