Posted 16th February 2014 to the Southland Times
Sir,
On the Anderson’s Park Debate:
I agree with the people in this opinion page that perhaps we have all gone a bit goofy about Earthquake risks of late. We simply can’t dwell on every possible danger
that nature can throw at us. If we remove all risk from life we risk loosing the very essence of living. You don’t really want to know what Invercargill has in store for it on the grand timeline of Geo-Technics if you ask anyone from GNS Sciences. However this is not unique to Southern Southland and as Humans we have learned to adapt to life’s Hazards by using Perspective and Mindfulness or we would not simply not get out of bed in the morning!
It’s also a numbers Game, Anderson Park Art Gallery is statistically much much safer at any given moment than ANY form of transport.
A bad diet or work stress is far more likely to effect your mortality than getting hit by a falling painting at an art gallery.
that being said, knowing what we know it would be foolish to build a Mega City on top of Invercargill (probably not going to happen anyway)
‘Though bad geology never stopped Tokyo from reaching Number 1 Megacity... with a little Zen Philosophy.
Sir,
On the Anderson’s Park Debate:
I agree with the people in this opinion page that perhaps we have all gone a bit goofy about Earthquake risks of late. We simply can’t dwell on every possible danger
that nature can throw at us. If we remove all risk from life we risk loosing the very essence of living. You don’t really want to know what Invercargill has in store for it on the grand timeline of Geo-Technics if you ask anyone from GNS Sciences. However this is not unique to Southern Southland and as Humans we have learned to adapt to life’s Hazards by using Perspective and Mindfulness or we would not simply not get out of bed in the morning!
It’s also a numbers Game, Anderson Park Art Gallery is statistically much much safer at any given moment than ANY form of transport.
A bad diet or work stress is far more likely to effect your mortality than getting hit by a falling painting at an art gallery.
that being said, knowing what we know it would be foolish to build a Mega City on top of Invercargill (probably not going to happen anyway)
‘Though bad geology never stopped Tokyo from reaching Number 1 Megacity... with a little Zen Philosophy.
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