Bingo Simon! While we're figuring these issues out, conserve! Conserve! Reduce..... Tony Del Plato
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Simon St.Laurent <[email protected]>wrote: > Eric Banford wrote: > >> We can't just say no, we need to be saying yes to alternatives. And >> aggressively! >> > > I'm afraid I can't agree. > > The problem isn't saying yes or saying no - it's choosing wisely when to > say yes and no. (And deciding what's an alternative, and what's more of the > same.) > > It's not difficult to take any claim that "you're just saying no" and turn > it around into "I'm saying yes to XYZ alternatives" or vice versa, but > there's little advantage there. Well, except that people like to hear "yes" > more than "no", so there's an emotional appeal. > > Say yes to the wrong alternative, and you may end up longing for a > different choice. > > > -- > Simon St.Laurent > http://simonstl.com/ > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good. - Robert Pirsig _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
