Do as I say, Don't do as I do

That seems to be the western world policy, isn't it?

I mean, it's ok for all the developed countries to develop and have a nuclear arsenal, but not for the developing countries, right? (Remember the sanctions on India after we conducted our N-tests?)

It's OK for developed superpowers to invade other countries in the name of faith, but not OK if other people do it, right? (Remember Iraq's Kuwait invastion?)

And now, it comes to the environment. A lot of developing countries are being pushed to sign the Kyoto Protocol when the biggest contributors to environmental change are the bigger, more developed countries.

Please understand, I am not against progress. But not at the expense of the environment. And so I will not stand for the argument that just because someone else is doing it, so can we. Countries like India and China, with very strong growths in their respective economies, have to take responsibility to grow while making sure they do not harm the environment. But where I have a strong concern is the bigotry of the developed countries.

Take the case in point: All this time, a lot of countries have achieved their current "developed" state on the back of environmental harm. The CO2 contributions made to the atmosphere, the nuclear waste dumped into the oceans, the materials used to make more efficient air conditioners. All of this has brought the planet to the state it is today.

What state is that? Watch "An Inconvenient Truth", a documentary movie featuring Al Gore.

I accidentally caught the movie when I was flying to the US on a business trip. And I think the creators of the movie have not done a big enough job of promoting it. Cause the movie is FANTASTIC!!! It just lays bare the state to which we have brought our planet.

And now we have Australia choosing to not sign the Kyoto Protocol because of a British environmental report.

Where are we all going? When will we all stop looking at just the monetary side of things? When will we consider the repercursions of our actions? When will we start thinking about the world we are going to leave for our children?

When does it all stop?

Do our actions even qualify as "development" if it causes an overall deterioration our the living conditions?