Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel Calls USA "Filthy And Disgusting" After Traveling to Japan: "We Are Like Hogs Compared to the Japanese" Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 05:32:07 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <20240404212152.0000495f@example.com> <110v0jlt9itrivgtr1tvlfc9qpukm1epkd@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:32:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a816d6510490615e9ed85081e2e71aec"; logging-data="1261060"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+lzFZdgNL+MWwXRLkwMqvMaIU487R69iw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:iDziHVyDCDmkPSKZZiVPi/Tz9ko= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 3198 shawn wrote: >On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 21:21:52 -0400, Rhino > wrote: > >>On Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:02:19 -0700 >>BTR1701 wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> Ubiquitous wrote: >>> > >> >>There may be an easy solution to littering. Many years ago, when I was >>just a pup, I remember an episode of Wonderful World of Disney where >>they talked about the state of littering in some historic places and/or >>national parks, perhaps Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone. They had a little >>jingle going as they showed these scenes and I still remember a snippet >>of it to this day: "Litterbug, litterbug, don't you care? Making a mess >>everywhere!" I don't think I've littered since I saw that, although >>there were probably a couple of other moments along the way that >>reinforced that. I just hold on to any litter I generate - or put it in >>my pocket - until I get to a garbage can. I barely even think about it: >>it's just programmed into my brain. >> >>I suppose you could characterize that as brain-washing and I suppose >>it's true but it worked and I can't find anything evil in it, unlike >>the sort of brain-washing/indoctrination so many schools do today. >> >>Why don't we do more of this? The world wouldn't suddenly be clean and >>tidy overnight but it would probably clean up gradually if we were all >>persuaded to litter less. > >If only it would be that easy. I didn't think of it earlier but I live >in an apartment complex. I have seen people pull up in their car, drop >some garbage (usually some sort of drink or fast food container) and >then go inside to their apartment. Leaving the trash behind. Or they >will toss the trash before driving off to work or whatever. They only >have to carry the trash just a few tens of feet and that's too much >for them. It just shows that these people don't care about littering >even in front of their own abode. Shoot them in the head. Leave the corpse next to the litter. You'll have the cleanest apartment complex in the neighborhood.