..... otherwise known as eco-smugness.
Never let it be said that we don't comment on both sides of the enviro argument. This from The Times is actually quite an amusing rant against the environmental movement.
"What is becoming so fascinating about the new puritanism is not just that we are all being brainwashed to accept the inevitability of hair shirts, but also their unquestioned moral worth. That somehow or other, this life of sackcloth and bicycles is going to benefit our souls and make us all better people."
"My real problem with the eco-alarmists is the pleasure they take in austerity; their evident desire to strip away pleasure. Deep down, they disapprove of skiing, even on a Scottish scale. They dislike colour, excess and fun. They really do want to see us imprisoned in a narrow, grey, scratchy world of recycled car tyres and hemp lingerie (and no, I didn't make that up)."
Ooooo-errrrr! Something has definitely gotten up this lady's nose!
"we will chant a litany of carbon offset, recycling and composting, the buttresses of a new religion that makes radical Islam resemble Methodism."
"the thought of life in this smug, dull, joyless, labour-intensive, recycled, fair trade, waste-free world makes a woman yearn to be already dead and buried in her eco-friendly coffin, fertilising some field for methane-free cows."
Methinks she is taking something of a micro-view of the whole issue? Or maybe her hemp lingerie is itching?
Junkk.com promotes fun, reward-based e-practices, sharing oodles of info in objective, balanced ways. But we do have personal opinions, too! Hence this slightly ‘off of site, top of mind' blog by Junkk Male Peter. Hopefully still more ‘concerned mates’ than 'do this... or else' nannies, with critiques seen as constructive or of a more eyebrow-twitching ‘Oh, really?!' variety. Little that’s green can be viewed only in black and white.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
1 comment:
I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.
Sadly, the only way to get noticed in this arena is extremes.
ReplyDeleteSo in the green corner we get activists chaining themselves to Perrier bottles and then, hvaing got the coverage from the Head of PR to tick the bonus box at corporate HQ, decamp irony fre for a celebratory few bottles of Oz Chardonnay and organic tofu.
Meanwhile, in the black corner we have this lady, a definite speed-date possible should Jeremy Clarkson ever stray.
In amongst a few fair points the ratings dial is spun to 11; hence 60+ commenst and counting... from equal extremes.
I have to say that she rather lost me with the tirade against sites to help people fix things... for obvious reasons!