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      Editorial
     
     
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      neces-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
      or
     
     
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      of
      the
      greatest
      propaganda
      campaigns
      ever
      to
     
     
      occur
      is
      happening
      right
      before
      our
      eyes.
      Everywhere
     
     
      we
      look
      we
      are
      being
      brainwashed
      into
      believing
      half
     
     
      truths
      and
      lies.
      What
      is
      all
      this
      propaganda
      telling
      us?
     
     
      *‘GREEN!
      GREEN!
      GREEN!’”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      environmental
      tidal
      wave
      of
      green
      is
      on
      top
      of
      us.
     
     
      We
      have
      environmentally
      friendly
      everything
      these
     
     
      days.
      All
      our
      packaging
      is
      green,
      all
      our
      products
      are
     
     
      green,
      and
      all
      our
      services
      are
      green.
      We
      have
      green
     
     
      toothpaste,
      green
      toilet
      paper,
      green
      paint,
      green
     
     
      cloths,
      green
      soap,
      green
      gas,
      green
      cars,
      green
      food,
     
     
      green
      paper
      and
      green,
      and
      green
      and
      green.
      Enough
     
     
      of
      this!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wake
      up
      and
      smell
      the
      green
      grass.
      The
      world
      is
      not
     
     
      in
      the
      depths
      of
      hell
      like
      many
      think.
      We
      are
      not
      one
     
     
      hugh
      garbage
      dump.
      The
      ‘‘new’’
      school
      of
      thought
     
     
      consist
      of
      the
      3
      r’s:
      Reduce,
      Reuse,
      and
      Recycle.
     
     
      These
      are
      the
      new
      magic
      words
      of
      the
      day.
      By
      living
     
     
      the
      3
      r’s
      we
      are
      all
      saving
      the
      world,
      creating
      a
      better
     
     
      tomorrow,
      and
      becoming
      better
      people
      in
      the
      process.
     
     
      This
      is
      utter
      nonsense.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      campaign
      is
      nothing
      more
      then
      yet
      another
      great
     
     
      bandwagon
      that
      offers
      a
      ride
      to
      everyone
      who
      needs
     
     
      the
      feeling
      of
      power
      in
      this
      world.
      Without
      question,
     
     
      millions
      of
      environmentalist
      around
      the
      world
      (or
      at
     
     
      least
      in
      the
      world
      we
      see)
      are
      following
      leaders
      orders
     
     
      nthe
      fight
      against
      garbage
      without
      ever
      a
      thought
     
     
      hat
      maybe
      some
      of
      the
      orders
      are
      incorrect.
      We
      sort
     
     
      ur
      plastics,
      use
      cloth
      diapers,
      wash
      out
      our
      glass
     
     
      ottles,
      make
      compost
      heaps,
      and
      ‘‘force’’
      companies
     
     
      obe
      more
      environmentally
      friendly.
      Yet
      we
      never
     
     
      hink
      of
      what
      we
      are
      really
      doing,
      just
      as
      long
      as
      we
     
     
      ire
      following
      the
      great
      3
      r’s.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ine
      of
      the
      ‘‘greatest’’
      victories
      ever
      for
      the
      environ-
     
     
      nental
      battle
      was
      forcing
      McDonalds
      to
      stop
      using
     
     
      tyrofoam
      containers
      for
      the
      packaging.
      Instead
      they
     
     
      re
      using
      a
      paper
      wrap.
      This
      was
      to
      be
      only
      the
      first
     
     
      tep.
      Yet
      what
      most
      people
      did
      not
      realize
      was
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      3,
      199]
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      styrofoam,
      which
      does
      not
      contain
      CFC’s
      any
     
     
      more.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      rebirth
      of
      cloth
      diapers
      is
      another
      example
      of
     
     
      some
      of
      the
      half
      truths
      we
      live
      by.
      Cloth
      diapers
      use
     
     
      more
      resources
      to
      produce,
      are
      less
      hygienic
      to
      the
     
     
      baby,
      and
      use
      more
      energy
      to
      clean,
      then
      do
      dispos-
     
     
      able.
      Everybody
      has
      a
      compost
      heap
      in
      there
      back
     
     
      yards,
      yet
      why
      are
      these
      any
      better
      then
      a
      hugh
      heap
     
     
      in
      the
      land
      fill,
      which
      is
      what
      a
      landfill
      is
      all
      about.
     
     
      Sorting
      our
      plastics
      on
      PEI
      means
      that
      a
      second
      truck
     
     
      has
      to
      come
      around
      and
      collect
      our
      blue
      boxes,
      haul
     
     
      the
      plastics
      off
      the
      Island,
      use
      the
      ferry,
      then
      to
      be
     
     
      melted
      down
      in
      a
      hugh
      furnace
      which
      uses
      a
      large
     
     
      amount
      of
      fuel.
      The
      same
      goes
      for
      the
      glass
      that
      we
     
     
      recycle.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Finally,
      I
      would
      like
      to
      point
      out
      that
      the
      new
      ‘‘paper
     
     
      is
      better
      then
      plastic’’
      idea
      fails
      to
      state
      that
      much
      of
     
     
      the
      paper
      we
      have
      been
      throughing
      out
      does
      not
      de-
     
     
      compose
      as
      fast
      as
      we
      are
      lead
      to
      believe.
      That
      in
      fact
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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