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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:31 PM
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34. Um...
I think the point is that most of us are consuming a lot more than necessary. Yes, we all have a right to be reasonably comfortable in our lives, but one person doesn't need a whole lot of space in order to be comfortable. And just because a home is small doesn't necessarily mean that it is a "hillbilly shack" as you said.

I live in a 4-room apartment, and I am very comfortable, along with my daughter and normally my husband. In fact, I rarely even go in the "extra" bedroom.

I guess if you think it is a good idea for humans to keep scarfing down cheeseburgers and driving cars when they don't need to and sucking electricity and oil to power 5 different gaming systems so they don't actually have to interact with other people and buying clothes they don't need and blah blah blah, then this wouldn't make sense to you.

No one is asking you to live in poverty--but there is no disputing the effect such rampant consumerism has on the environment and on our quality of life.
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