RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Andrew Crystall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 12:42 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Authority of the marketplace?

> > We're certainly doing better
> > now than we were 40 years ago, and that's partly due
> > to people like Jeroen and Kat preaching doom and gloom
> > to remind us to not get lazy and ignore our
> > responsibilities.  The key is moderation, as with
> > politics.  We need to strike a balance so that not
> > only our home is harmed as little as possible, but
> > ourselves as well.  
> 
> The key is to present soloutions, not problems as the greeners do. 
> People don't LIKE problems...if problem and soloution come 
> togeather, well...

If the "greeners" hadn't started pointing out environmental problems, and
kept insisting that these problems be solved, not much would have been done
about those problems in the first place. It's not like big business ever
showed much interest in being environment-friendly -- their only concern was
(and is) how to make as much money as possible, at as little costs as
possible. Screw the environment.   :-(

And the "greeners" did present solutions. Perhaps not all of them realistic,
but at least we tried to think of solutions. And kept going, even when those
suggestions were met with "can't do that -- that would cost us money".


Jeroen

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