On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > My argument was simply that it's foolhardy to say that old people are > destroying our environment because they use phone books, when it's new > technology manufacturing that has a much larger negative impact on the > environment. Further to that, it's our acceptance of > planned obsolescence and disposable convenience that's reeking much more > havoc on our planet.
Aside from this proving that anyone will argue about anything on this list... I agree that technology has a negative (and positive) impact on the environment. However, I would also say that as times change, "old people" in general are more prone to refuse to adapt, requiring things like mandatory phone book distribution remain in place. Old people in government office, and old people demanding that they get their phone book (dag-nabbit). Future old person, -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339067 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
