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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 09:42 AM Original message |
Simple Living for the Environment Is for Suckers |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Although I see the point to personal responsibility, the guy is 100% right. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Your focus is misguided, IMHO |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That may be your point, doing with less, but most I know do it for sake |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. It's not my responsibility either! With "the corporations" it's all so pointless... |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Unfortunately, you're correct. I'll still do my part, but we need more pressure on industrial |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Seems like a false dichotomy to me. n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. exactly. personal conservation is the right thing to do for its own sake. nt |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. It's just RW claptrap. The writer retreats to his own "personal solution." |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why can't he just feel guilty about not sorting the garbage like everyone else? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Smug, pretentious, "I know it all" attitude. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Does this guy think we who arrange our personal lives to decrease out environmental impact |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Jensen thinks that unless you're throwing Molotov cocktails |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Jensen's solutions are usually more along the lines of the ELF |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's my biggest gripe, he says his "activism" is writing, and everyone else should blow up dams... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Using that rationale, no one should vote |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. False premise: eco-sensibility isn not intended to end slavery or social injustice.. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Acting on one level doesn't shut other doors. We need action at every level. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because in their heart of hearts... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. +1 |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Spot on. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Indicating that they care, unlike those who pretend they do. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Beautifully put |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Sad but true. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. I gave this a rec because of the discussion it has garnered, not because I agree. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm reading Jensen's book, |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I read that one a while ago, and while I think Jensen is an astute observer... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You should attend his speeches. You won't be allowed to ask actual questions. |
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