The Burning Woods

I was leaving UCF today and drove through the office-building-filled Research Park. I used to take that route every day to and from work. Now it is only for school, and I haven't done that in about 3 weeks. As I emerged from the twisty back road, I came upon a clearing that used to be forest. Now, it is smoldering piles of dead trees, dirt, and tractors. My first thought is that it looked like Isengard from The Two Towers, with armies of Orcs tearing down the trees and burning the land for development.

Of course, being in Orlando I have seen this before. But it never looked quite so dramatic. It is acres and acres of land cleared for some new office building. Despite the office buildings, Research Park is relatively well-wooded and covered with small lakes. My familiarity with this particular area over many years may have been what angered and upset me so much. Trees that have been growing for over a hundred years, homes to thousands of animals including deer that cross that road every single day. The largest forest area on the edge of East Orlando is getting smaller and smaller. All because some suits can have a fancy new office building for their company. Maybe we should have them watch tranny prisoners go train-style on their grandmothers. That would even it up, no?

Hey, that's tamer than what the "eco-terrorists" do.

I see empty commercial buildings in older parts of Orlando all the time. They can't seem to get any use; other than a Spirit Halloween store every October. Why can't these businesses be forced to operate out of already-vacant buildings? If they won't, then tear down the old buildings and plant some trees. This is similar to the older houses that won't sell, yet developers keep on building new subdivisions. It reminds me of a Matrix quote, when Smith likens humans to a virus, "You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area." Fill the old houses before you build new ones. Oh, that's right. It's a free market. I almost forgot! Let all decision-making people (who are generally shallow) do whatever they want!

What goes around comes around. Our children's children are going to have a shit-planet to live on, so I hope the profiteers enjoy their beamers.