Re: TRM - Morbidity has set in, or not?

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 03:04:16 GMT
Message-ID: <Qowag.5269$S7.2679@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

Bob Badour wrote:
> Keith H Duggar wrote:

[..]

>> PS. Congratulations to your family. And to anyone out there
>> who happens to drive an FUV, please consider a more fuel
>> efficient lifestyle. Our culture of consumption is a very
>> bad thing.

>
> I disagree. The sooner consumption forces us to find cheap domestic
> energy sources the better.

<OP_OffTopic_Licence :-)>

Not that I expect Bob to read this but yet again I call his "disagree" (sic) and raise him to extinction!

I assert his statement is evidence of a "Jack man" attitude. For those not familiar with the term it identifies a selfish individual and is drawn from a colloquial phrase "Bugger you Jack, I'm OK!".

This is particularly evident in the use of the term "domestic" (ie. stuff the rest of the world) and the inference that the consumption itself does not need to stop regardless of its cost or value - only the material expense of the consuming needs to be fixed.

Personally I don't rate the "don't sweat it, we will always find a way to fix the problem when it finally arises" attitude as a somewhat unreliable survival trait.

</OP_OffTopic_Licence :-)> Received on Tue May 16 2006 - 22:04:16 CDT