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Pyromania

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People automatically assume that everybody who really likes playing with fire is a dangerous arsonist who destroys property without rhyme or reason. Yet, it turns out according to studies by a variety of psychiatrists that the lover of fire (the pyromaniac) is much different then the person who sets destructive fires (the arsonist) to buildings and other structures. Let’s investigate.

Flames

Arsonists are motivated by many different factors. The most common form of arson is not motivated by mental illness or even a desire to set fire, it’s simply done out of anger or jealousy to another person. Such a person knows the differences between right or wrong, they simply want to avenge some wrong against them.

Much rarer is the arsonist who sets fire simply because of his passion to watch things burn and is too concerned with suiting his own passions to reflect concern on what he is doing to others. That person is a pyromaniac but also a person whose passions overwhelm their commonsense and understanding of the meaning of life and property of others.

Burnt

Indeed, there are plenty of other pyromaniacs that don’t go to around destroying other people’s properties. Many adult males love to play with fire—they just become firefighters or spend lots of time outdoors using fire in their recreation or camping. They sublime their beliefs into something productive.

Are You in 4×4 Low?

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  1. You start to go, but all you hear is click-click while the transfer case is changing gears.
  2. You try to upshift, but it won’t let you as your in overdrive
  3. You get passed on the right by a guy driving a Ford Farmall Tractor
  4. You forget to push the clutch before coming to a stop, but the engine keeps running
  5. You try to start out gently, but you lurch ahead as you take your foot slowly off the clutch in first gear
  6. As you drive around, your going at 4,000 RPM but the speedometer refuses to move in 2nd gear
  7. Look at the idiot light on your dashboard or the control next to it
  8. Somebody walks past you driving your truck

My Truck

Weak Economies Protects Rural Life

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It seems that one of the protectors of our environment and the rural life is the lack of economic opportunity in our wild areas away from the cities. Jobs and economic growth are necessary for population growth and subsequent suburbanization. The lack of purchasing power reduces consumption, which in turn reduces the damage on our environment.

This is clear from looking at economic and environmental statistics. Suburbs only spring up when there are jobs available. Areas with the most rapidly increasing pollution seem to have the most growth. Solid waste intake to incinerators and landfills is an extremely accurate predictor of GDP growth: the more money you have to consume, the more you have to toss.

Likewise, the old has to be preserved when there is not money to create new. Would have the city of Albany torn down all those historic houses to build the Empire State Plaza, where it not for the riches of New York City? Much of New England, which has suffered from high taxes and lack of opportunity enjoys that mistake of yesteryear: it makes sense to preserve when there isn’t the money to replace. People spend large amounts of money in beautiful crafty stores that we see in New England.

Cows

Likewise, the economic hardship of rural life instills a sense of pride in the land the people work. Rural people for the most part choose to live in rural areas, and not cities. People who work a farm all their life have to give up certain things, like vacations and nice automobiles. They choose to make the farm come first and the rest of their life come second. It is their choice that helps preserve open space and make things as beautiful as they are.

It is hard to deny the farmer or the laborer better wages for their toils. Don’t they deserve what city people can get? Such a notion denies the benefits are gotten from rural life and living in a small community. These people enjoy cleaner air, closer relationships with neighbors, stronger values, and a more free life. So before you start asking for an improved rural life with more opportunity, look at what you have now.