On 21 Mar, 01:14, (Steve Firth) wrote:
AdeV wrote:
Not only does the arch-anarchist live in a bog-standard semi, but he's
got single-glazed wood-framed windows as well. Not very "eco", Duhg.

It's a bog-standard council semi at that.

I caught a really dreaful old bunch of bull**** on Radio 4 last week. A
play about trying to achieve a zero emissions lifestyle. It was crap. It
also featured George Monbiot and a couple of other eco-mentalists
playing themselves.

I heard it too. It really was a load of old ****e, wasn't it? I
caught it halfway through, and thought it was quite a funny parody.
My mrs then said that it wasn't supposed to be funny ...

Most of the scenarios were set up so that Monbiot et al could step in,
act smug, push their agenda and claim that XXX would save tonnes of
carbon per annum. However this is the sort of crap that Duhg thinks everyone else should be forced to do.

I've corrected the last sentence above - hope that's OK.

Guess what single activity they condemned the most?

Retired people living alone at a distance from their family, hence using
up resources that could be used by an entire family. Monbio claimed that
old people living alone consume vastly more than their fair share of
resources. That sounds just like someone we know and barely tolerate.

In the play they forced the grandfather to go and live with his
children.

I suspect that might fall foul of the European Convention of Human
Rights, as constituting either torture or a cruel and unusual
punishment.

thinks

Perhaps the CIA could use Mr Bollen as a way of breaking terror
suspects. "Tell us where the next bombing will take place, or Bollen
will explain two ozones again".