Looking for something entertaining last night I stumbled upon a Disney documentary (so called) titled "Sacred Planet"  released in 2005 in the Apple iTunes Store on line. It was 46 minutes long, sold for $9.99 and had very high viewer ratings - the comments were astounding in their praise for this film. I thought wow I should see this -- 10 bucks is a little high but I gave in, purchased and downloaded it to my computer.  Amid gorgeous scenes of pristine nature and idyllic settings the Narrator (Robert Redford, no less) began weaving a fairy tale constructed to contrast an industrialized world with the primitive tribal societies past and present. The message was very subtle but quite clear, the industrial world and its societies are so far removed from nature that they not only lack respect for the "Sacred Planet" and are actually destroying the planet. The producer selected tribal  spokesman from various parts of the world where they are still living in tribal communities. These communities are still  practicing the old tribal customs and rituals "centuries" old,  often living in mud huts, hunting with spears, they are shown setting around the camp fires singing, some are naked but for their loin clothes. They are shown as happy people, living the good simple life and most of all CARING FOR THE SACRED PLANET. While the big cities are shown only with congested traffic in the street, blinding neon lights flashing endlessly, crowded streets with filled with people hustling aimlessly from place to place.

The message is clear - these simple tribal people are the epitome of how life should be lived -- they respect and care for the earth -- simply because they are closer to nature they understand better how to take care of the environment.  The citizens of the industrial world are too far from nature to understand or care about the planet and its environment!  Not said but surely implied, we must get back to the land and emulate these primitive people's way of life to "SAVE the PLANET". What utter nonsense this is!!