ollie Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Green Guilt The same demographic group for whom religion has little or no hold (namely white liberals) turns out to be the most virulent champions of all things green. Is it possible that these folks must vent their moral spleen on environmentalism because they don't have all the theological campaigns (e.g., opposing gay marriage, opposing abortion, etc.) on which social conservatives exercise their indignation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 [color:purple]they are the Na'vi, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Interesting piece, though as soon as it starts to go into those Freudian hydrolics, I have to confess I started to turn off. I do think there's something to be said about the affluent feeling the need to do something out of the positions that they find themselves in. To their credit, I suppose, at least they're finding themselves in some kind of position, instead of just glossing over it.Fwiw, I'd like to wish that people that find themselves in the environmentalist camp could be accused of nothing worse than a heightened sensitivity to the way that things correlate, which is a nice alternative to the thickness of carrying on the way the mainstream would otherwise have us do. But I do get the point about the ridiculous pride that accompanies that kind of conversion. Maybe that's where the correlation to religion comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 But I do get the point about the ridiculous pride that accompanies that kind of conversion. Maybe that's where the correlation to religion comes in. That's where I see it. I agree that as a whole the article was a bit of a letdown after an interesting setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Kinda like The Invention of Lying, or Avatar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 ...As a whole the article was a bit of a letdown after an interesting setup.I dug it as a skimmed read, but not as the afternoon-killing article it could otherwise be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nibbler Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Music is my religion. Some of my favorite ministers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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