| Interesting indeed, Zoos. The thing is, back in the day when we didn't recognize a lot of the consequences of our actions (which was within my lifetime) it was easy to just go merrily along, grabbing what we could from the earth and enjoying the prosperity that came from strip mining resources - whether the resource be topsoil, fish, clean air or water, or whatever - and toujours gai!
Then those nasty eco-terrorists and scientists came along and it's all "Dude - your factory effluent is poisoning the river and making people sick downstream!" Followed by "Awe, geez, do I hafta clean it up? It'll cost so much!" Followed by "You'll be putting people out of work if you make us do that!" Which is eventually followed by the realization that the cost of cleaning up is part of the cost of doing whatever it is that you're doing. Which is such a drag. And they keep finding messes we didn't even realize we were making, like greenhouse gases. And that's the driving reason behind pro-business types like Barrons accusing ecologically oriented people of being, well, generally bad people. Because cleaning up after yourself is such a drag, and you just don't want to do it. Trust me, father of 3 here: I get it.
But eventually kids and societies have to grow up. And we have to try to consider the consequences of our actions (cleaning up after) even if it's such a drag. Life was so much more fun back when we just didn't know or care, and could blithely ignore the mess we were making. To be young again! |