I think I'd trade that. Cars pollute far more than horses do, and at least horse-shit helps the roses. Cars also pollute visually because of the congestion, the pollute aurally, they bring with them the need for signs and other street furniture which is generally as ugly as sin, they keep people hemmed in on the pavement. They lead to ugly architecture, and despoil beautiful old architecture with their presence, their fumes and their dangerous speeds. Look at almost any old photo or movie which was shot at a speed fast enough to capture people, and the built environment and obvious socialising going on is so much more beautiful than what we have now, and the car is solely responsible for its destruction.
> > Hey Bob, I bet you miss the horse shit and the smells too. :-) > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is one of the things that always strikes me about old > > photos - how much we've sacrificed to the internal combustion god. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
