Personally, I believe that civilization is worth the time, effort, and cost required to maintain it. I know we'd all like to burn it down to the ground occasionally, but we really don't want to go there. Living by rule of Law is better than the alternative. Civilization gives us beer, bread, and beef - those are all really hard to make all by yourself. Leisure time requires civilization.
I enjoy the true luxury of convenient, clean, hot and cold running water inside my home, the electric power grid, air-conditioning, central heating, and the sewage system. I appreciate the coordinated effort required to stock a grocery store. And as a modern woman, I sincerely appreciate my freedom, thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of civilized men.
"The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery." - Judith Martin (Miss Manners)
Early evening in the "Petrified Dunes" area of Arches National Park.
Photo by Don Ecsedy.
High above the Schafer Trail on the rim of Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park.
Photo by Don Ecsedy.