We’re On Our Own
Michael: Every time he comes up, he’s got no knife, he’s got no jacket, he’s got no pants, he’s got no boots. All he’s got is that stupid gun he carries around like John Wayne. That ain’t gonna help ya’.
Axel: Oh, what the hell, Mike. Give him the boots.
Michael: No way. I ain’t giving him no boots no more. No more. That’s it.
Stan: You’re a fuckin’ bastard, you know that? Huh?
Michael: [holds up a live round] Stanley, see this? This is this. This ain’t somethin’ else. This is this. From now on, you’re on your own.
In the Deer Hunter, Michael played by Robert De Nero holds up a live 308 cal. hunting round and castigates his hapless, clueless buddy Stan played by John Cazale.
And so it is with us and Mother Nature with respect to climate change.
“This is this.”
From now on, we’re on our own.
A personal note: Perhaps there is no better Janus headed-symbol of the good/evil, the life or death inscribed in the arc of human ingenuity than a steel jacketed military cartridge.
