--- Roger Stockton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Batie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > The places where people buy only what they need > are what we > > call "third world countries" I think. Actually, > people in > > most of those places buy things they don't really > need as > > well. This statement reminds me of one of the > more annoying > > phrases my mother always used to give me: "you > don't need > > that". Well, no, I don't need it, that's not the > point. I don't > > *need* anything but food and shelter. One of the > things that > > drives humans is to improve our conditions beyond > what we "need". > > ... now if only we could see beyond improving our > immediate, individual > conditions and work at improving the conditions for > *everyone* instead. > Unfortunately, a first world person "improving" > their immediate personal > condition through unnecessarily excessive > consumption of limited and/or > non-renewable resources (such as single-occupant > commuting in an SUV at > 70mph when a NEV or Th!nk would suffice) is > contributing to degrading > the immediate and future living conditions for all > first, second, and > third worlders as sell as their own. > > Cheers, > > Roger. >
In which city can they really commute at 70mph without using the HOV lines? They are most likely stuck in traffic doing 10mph while the ICE is idling most of the time burning gasoline for nothing while I pass them doing 60-70mph on HOV lines ;) The funny thing is that it seems like they never try to find an alternative. Now, you can see the power of denial. I often compare this to smoking. Smokers know very well that smoking would probably kill them. But, they still smoke no matter how strong the evident is. Ed Ang __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
