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Posted by f_klock on November 19, 2007 at 10:50:24 pm EST
In reply to building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right posted by bheiser1 on September 11, 2007 at 7:08:52 pm EDT

First I must give praise for practicing the art of survival fires. It truly must be practiced to be perfected rather than "Giving it a shot" when your world goes to sh--.

While I agree that fire plays an important role in the the developement and progression of many species of flora worldwide, and it does belong in the global scheme. Mankind, on the other hand, is just a visitor. There was pristine wilderness before we got here, and if we don't screw it ALL up while we ARE here, pristine wilderness will succeed long after we are gone. As for mankind BELONGING in the wilderness, I guess I have to agree to a point, after all that is where we lived before we ruined it and turned that wilderness into towns and cities.

At the risk of sounding all granola-cruncher - We belong to the planet not vise versa. Change is good, but only when it's done naturally, not provoked. It was ALL pristine wilderness once.

There is an interesting conversation going on on another forum about the California fires. Are they really that bad? Some say they are horrible due to the loss of human owned property. Some lament the loss of wilderness. Others remind that lightening fires have burned millions of sq. miles of land since the begining of time, and the human property doesn't belong there in the first place. Yes, fire BELONGS in the big picture, but not when they are started by humans.

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