I overhead someone on the train talking to his friend the other day:
"You don't give a shit about the environment, do you?"
"Nah" he replied rather succinctly.
"And you don't believe in Global Warming or Peak Oil. You want to build more roads, and think the RMA should be abolished. You support farmers and actually encourage them to expand their beef production for export. You want to abolish all petrol taxes. You drive a car everywhere rather than walk. You are not averse to Nuclear power. You said the country needs more hydro and coal power stations."
"Yeah, and what's more I believe the earth's resources are inexhaustible and that all this Greenie stuff is total hype and they are out of their tree."
"So, why are you a member of the Green Party then?"
"I like stirring them up at meetings."
"Do you realise there are consequences to your belief that the world is an inexhaustible resource to be abused. Don't they tell you there are consequences to your belief system?"
"They better not, or I'll slap them with an order from the privileges committee and they'll be thrown in jail for 25 years."
"Are you a f*cking lunatic? As if you could jail the Greens for 25 years just because they think the consequences of your actions are destructive."
Yes, the Greens are f*cking lunatics
"You don't give a shit about the environment, do you?"
"Nah" he replied rather succinctly.
"And you don't believe in Global Warming or Peak Oil. You want to build more roads, and think the RMA should be abolished. You support farmers and actually encourage them to expand their beef production for export. You want to abolish all petrol taxes. You drive a car everywhere rather than walk. You are not averse to Nuclear power. You said the country needs more hydro and coal power stations."
"Yeah, and what's more I believe the earth's resources are inexhaustible and that all this Greenie stuff is total hype and they are out of their tree."
"So, why are you a member of the Green Party then?"
"I like stirring them up at meetings."
"Do you realise there are consequences to your belief that the world is an inexhaustible resource to be abused. Don't they tell you there are consequences to your belief system?"
"They better not, or I'll slap them with an order from the privileges committee and they'll be thrown in jail for 25 years."
"Are you a f*cking lunatic? As if you could jail the Greens for 25 years just because they think the consequences of your actions are destructive."
Yes, the Greens are f*cking lunatics