4/27/2005: Litter in Kosovo

[xoxoxoBruce]

Tough to fish in that river.

It occurs to me that where you see this sort of thing is where there's bad government or no government... but lack of government doesn't necessarily lead to this, either! So, is it the laws or lack of them or lack of enforcement of them that leads to this - or is it people's lack of respect for their surroundings?

It's never government or authority of any kind that causes this. It's people, always people and only people. You can't legislate...or regulate what people will tolerate. You don't have to clean up everybody elses trash or get in a litterers face but at least don't be part of the problem by saying "well, everybody else does so why shouldn't I?" The answer to that, of course, is because that will make you a scum sucking, low life, douche bag, too.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tough to fish in that river.

Tough to be a fish in that river.

[russotto]

That's not exactly a river; it's an irrigation or drainage canal along the border of someone's fields. The Sitnica itself is a fairly major river a lot bigger than that. And plastic bottles are about the least problem with the Sitnica... it's had all sorts of industrial wasted dumped in it... phenol, lead, sufuric acid, etc.

[Oafed]

Act like a pig. Live like a pig.

[Wormfood]

... ..

Welcome to the Cellar, Oafed

[Elspode]

Suddenly, Jesus walking on the water seems a good deal less miraculous.