What's An Hour? :Earth Hour, Humbug

Eight o'clock to nine o'clock pm. Turn off your lights, to help save the earth.

You know what's annoying about these things?
I'll tell you a story
It was almost 8pm that night and a little girl received a text message from her mom telling her that there'll be a black out from 8 to 9. Realizing it was the so-called earth hour, she says to her brother

"no, there's no black out its the supposed time for earth hour"

They both decided to participate. Besides what's an hour?
Its that wait for a late companion, 20 pesos worth of rental in a computer shop, that extra snooze time.
When we begun shutting the lights, well, let's just say we were flooded with protests. When my mom got home, she was infuriated because she said the darkness attracts entities from beyond the grave. And no matter what kind of logic we give them, they always come up with some rebuttal that pushes out something in the back of my head

What kind of deranged, selfish, incompetent minds do you have?! Its a bit disrespectful so i decided it was best to keep it unsaid.

Although what ticks me out the most the excuse that since everybody else isn't doing it, why bother?

I admit that i am not the most perfect of personalities, in fact, i would rank myself as one of the lowest of beings based from my actions.

But what's an hour?
What's an hour that has merit for everyone?
What's a cause that transcends religion or opinion?

Its a cause to at least give earth some space to repair the damages we inflicted on it

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The dust settles at dawn, when movement ceases. Then i see. Then you will..

--amuLet