Comments on: How times change http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/08/how-times-change/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/08/how-times-change/comment-page-1/#comment-158696 Stephen Smoliar Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:02:03 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/08/how-times-change/#comment-158696 Bravo, Dipak! One of the intellectual roots of my student years has to be Tom Paxton's "Love Me, I'm a Liberal." He found just the right balance of cynicism and wit to deliver the message; he just never had enough people pay attention! Well, they STILL don't pay attention; and I fear that, as a result, my capacity for cynicism has overwhelmed my capacity for wit! Through those lenses I saw Live Earth as just another feel-good event that created little more than an illusion of social conscience. I would rather see the media celebrate people who do things that make a difference, preferably at a grass-roots level, than cover all those glitterati trying to show the world how much they "care." One recent case in point has been coverage of institutions (including restaurants and even the San Francisco city government) that no longer have anything to do with bottled water, because tap water is just as good (and cheaper). Bravo, Dipak! One of the intellectual roots of my student years has to be Tom Paxton’s “Love Me, I’m a Liberal.” He found just the right balance of cynicism and wit to deliver the message; he just never had enough people pay attention!

Well, they STILL don’t pay attention; and I fear that, as a result, my capacity for cynicism has overwhelmed my capacity for wit! Through those lenses I saw Live Earth as just another feel-good event that created little more than an illusion of social conscience. I would rather see the media celebrate people who do things that make a difference, preferably at a grass-roots level, than cover all those glitterati trying to show the world how much they “care.” One recent case in point has been coverage of institutions (including restaurants and even the San Francisco city government) that no longer have anything to do with bottled water, because tap water is just as good (and cheaper).

]]> By: Dipak Patel http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/08/how-times-change/comment-page-1/#comment-158341 Dipak Patel Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:11:58 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/08/how-times-change/#comment-158341 You would think that the revellers at Live Earth would know better and not to waste energy needlessly. I wonder which has the larger carbon footprint, charging a mobile phone or a cigarette/lighter.... You would think that the revellers at Live Earth would know better and not to waste energy needlessly.

I wonder which has the larger carbon footprint, charging a mobile phone or a cigarette/lighter….

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