Comments on: Ostriches of the Ultra-Right: Carbon Belch Day http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ostriches-of-the-ultra-right-carbon-belch-day/2008/06/19/ The Good Business Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Darren http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ostriches-of-the-ultra-right-carbon-belch-day/2008/06/19/comment-page-1/#comment-7682 Darren Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:04:10 +0000 http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ostriches-of-the-ultra-right-carbon-belch-day/2008/06/19/#comment-7682 I don't think the point was to be as environmentally destructive, and one of the parts of the pledge was "I do this with no fear or concern that I am destroying the planet." I didn't participate in the day, but I appreciate their efforts. Environmentalists do a lot to hamper people's lives (through legislation like Kyoto or Lieberman-Warner), but I think it could be argued that the worst thing they do is get people to accept guilt that they don't deserve. The Carbon Belch day seemed to be about people who are fighting back against that guilt. Good for them! I don’t think the point was to be as environmentally destructive, and one of the parts of the pledge was “I do this with no fear or concern that I am destroying the planet.”

I didn’t participate in the day, but I appreciate their efforts. Environmentalists do a lot to hamper people’s lives (through legislation like Kyoto or Lieberman-Warner), but I think it could be argued that the worst thing they do is get people to accept guilt that they don’t deserve. The Carbon Belch day seemed to be about people who are fighting back against that guilt. Good for them!

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