[weekendwarrior]

Yeah, often times, people obcessed with a cause, as well as our government officials, don't comprehend the theory of "cause and effect". What often sounds like a good idea is just taken and run with, without thoroughly analyzing EVERY area that will be effected by said cause.

I love when the government announces they are going to "save" money by cutting out the purchasing of some item (a military jet for instance), or some service. After the service gets cut out, they then discover thousands of people are suddenly unemployed because their livelihoods were tied to that item or service. So, now the government has to pay all of those thousands of people unemployment and other things, thereby negating a lot, if not all of the "savings".

The same can be said for a lot of these environmental causes. Most of the activists I talk to can't see the forest for the trees so to speak. After talking to most of them for just a few minutes, I find that I actually live a "greener" life than them, just by utilizing basic common sense and consideration for other people, and the environment (not being wasteful) I live in.

Oh well, I guess that's what's so great about this country (for now anyways) that we don't have to all agree on issues like this, and can debate freely...although a lot of these activists don't seem to agree with me on this point.