My response to that self-righteous old lady: “Yes, ma’am, all those were good practices. But no you didn’t have a ‘green thing’ because you’ll though there were pretty much endless supplies of oil and gas, as well as forest and water. Protecting the environment as a resource wasn’t on anyone’s radar –otherwise rivers would’ve never become so polluted that some would actually catch fire. Recycling was a matter of personal economic necessity for some, but for the most part it didn’t exist – discard it or burn it was business as usual. No one thought about the ‘green thing’ back then because if they had they would have never used pure nicotine, cyanide, arsenic, mercury, lead, DDT, Chlordecone, or other such chemicals in their homes and gardens. Because your generation didn’t understand or have the ‘green thing’ we’ve had to live with the consequences and develop a ‘green thing’. So here take a reusable grocery bag on me and don’t forget it next time you go shopping. Have a nice day.”
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:49:04 +0000