Liancourt Rocks

Read an article about a South Korean footballer declaring  his stance on a territorial dispute beween Japan.

The territory involves a pair of islets which I found stunning. Surrounded by sea it's easy to sink in to a poetical reverie about these two guys (so I'll let you do that...)

But I feel like the issue brings an interesting group of elements together - sport, territorial claims, resources, war and beauty. 

From a perspective of deep time, where volcanoes coughed out these islets that are now quickly eroding, this pair seemed to have landed in the midst of catty squabblers - most of whom don't live on the island. There's a traditional, yet absurd, dimension to people when they shout out, 'Mine!' for things they may never have seen or touched. 

I found this quote via the Google super computer;

"I believe that greed and competition are not a result of immutable human temperament; I have come to the conclusion that greed and fear of scarcity are in fact being continuously created and amplified as a direct result of the kind of money we are using... The direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive." - Bernard Lietaer