Wednesday, June 04, 2025

... But on the whole ...

„Ich liebe den einzelnen Menschen, jeder, der mir näher kommt, den ich näher kennenlernen möchte, im Großen und Ganzen, mit Ausnahmen. Aber insgesamt betrachte ich die Menschheit doch ein bisschen als Ungeziefer, weil sie unsere Erde zerstört.“   

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I love the individual human being, everyone who comes close to me, who I want to get to know better, by and large, with exceptions. But on the whole, I see humanity as a bit of a vermin because it is destroying our planet."

Herbert Rosendorfer (19 February 1934 – 20 September 2012 

 

8 comments:

  1. Taken as a group, we don't present well, do we.

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  2. Totalment d'acord amb aquest pensament!
    Jo també estimo les persones individualment i estic totalment convençuda que: L'espècie humana és un desastre!

    Abraçades, Sean!

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    1. "L'espècie humana és un desastre!"
      Just what I have perceived in my lifetime is enough to agree with this.
      Abraçades, Carme!

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    1. As a ‘vermin’, I would feel insulted to be compared to humans, though.

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  4. Quan hi ha un "però"... o un "en general"... malament.

    Aferradetes, Sean.

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    1. ‘Yes, but’ sentences always make me prick up my ears. In this case, I agree.
      Aferradetes, Paula.

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