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Originally Posted by puckluck
How is it ignorant?
It's a great article and the "going green" people are usually the biggest hypocrites.
I worked at this guys house a couple months back and all he could talk about is how he only buys "green" products. Everything in his house had some sort of label saying it was "green" and good for the environment.
Guess what he drives? A V8 Lexus.
They want to take away our plastic bags? Eff them.
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The views of certain people don't validate the article.
And while I'll agree many people who claim to be green really aren't and are hypocritcal, some people who claim to be green really are.
Either way, it doesn't change the silliness of the article or my argument which is people 'back then' weren't more green because they actually cared more about the environment. (Or cared at all in many cases) It's just the way things were at them time.
The article suggests (while not directly) that they were green. They weren't, they didn't even know about 'that' (or like I said in many cases even cared).
As well, while the lifestyles of citizens may have been more 'green' in nature of simplicity, there are many many horror stories of industrial carelessness and crimes against nature. They still happen today, but not with the same per capita frequency. Industry has had to clean up through new laws and public pressure thanks to green movements.
So yes, the article is ignorant.