Wednesday, November 08, 2006
A (previously) free people chant the mantra
The Times reports here on the gap between what people say and do with respect to greenie action.
The article linked too doesn't seem as dramatic as that on the front page of the print version, but suffice to say that when asked about "green behaviour", depending on the question, between 54% and 80% of the respondents said they followed the green option. When this is compared with the reality eg actual numbers of products sold, it would appear there is a significant discrepancy between the number who actually act green as opposed to those who answer green.
There are of course two possible conclusions, one being that results of opinion polls are a load of rubbish, which of course is quite possible. An alternative explanation, which I favour is that people now (like in the old Soviet Union) have a public and a private face. No one dares to speak out against the green religion and so when asked, the public simply spin the "right" response. Of course once in private they act in accordance with their true thoughts that are probably like mine, in thinking that this climate change nonsense is a load of old guff. Consequently they don't allow the green religion to affect their true behaviour.
The whole thing is of course laughable for the time being, but once those in power realise we haven't bought into the green agenda, no doubt more pressure will be brought to bear. Stricter punishments for offences against recycling, wasting energy and excessive consumption the list goes on and on.
Whilst it's heartening to see that so many haven't actually been fooled by the greenie guff, it's most saddening to see them chanting the mantra when asked. Show some courage say: "No! I don't recycle because I'm not convinced of the benefits." Once you obediently chant the mantra the next stage will be to make you do the actions with the mantra, and the further down the road they take you the harder resistance becomes.
The article linked too doesn't seem as dramatic as that on the front page of the print version, but suffice to say that when asked about "green behaviour", depending on the question, between 54% and 80% of the respondents said they followed the green option. When this is compared with the reality eg actual numbers of products sold, it would appear there is a significant discrepancy between the number who actually act green as opposed to those who answer green.
There are of course two possible conclusions, one being that results of opinion polls are a load of rubbish, which of course is quite possible. An alternative explanation, which I favour is that people now (like in the old Soviet Union) have a public and a private face. No one dares to speak out against the green religion and so when asked, the public simply spin the "right" response. Of course once in private they act in accordance with their true thoughts that are probably like mine, in thinking that this climate change nonsense is a load of old guff. Consequently they don't allow the green religion to affect their true behaviour.
The whole thing is of course laughable for the time being, but once those in power realise we haven't bought into the green agenda, no doubt more pressure will be brought to bear. Stricter punishments for offences against recycling, wasting energy and excessive consumption the list goes on and on.
Whilst it's heartening to see that so many haven't actually been fooled by the greenie guff, it's most saddening to see them chanting the mantra when asked. Show some courage say: "No! I don't recycle because I'm not convinced of the benefits." Once you obediently chant the mantra the next stage will be to make you do the actions with the mantra, and the further down the road they take you the harder resistance becomes.
Tags: environmentalism, liberty, rights, freedom
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