tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681986556164661909.post183022260172917815..comments2022-03-31T07:03:29.263-07:00Comments on I'd Rather Be Napping...: Junk and a rant about a junky place...Darth Mittenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06070826146831453574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681986556164661909.post-1191582677087532932008-09-08T09:13:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:13:00.000-07:00The tour life seems like it just leaves you no cho...The tour life seems like it just leaves you no choice when it comes to things like bottled water, shopping at Wal-mart, eating no-name deli-meat sandwiches every night. Obviously those things are bad for the planet and for people in general...but you guys have pretty much next to no alternative! That is life on the road!! I think the thing to keep in mind is that at least watching that kind of thing moves you - it makes you realize you have a conscience and that's what matters. I try my best to "green" and socially conscious but I mean - LOL - I JUST posted that entry about that Primark place and how much I loved it but also how bad it must be to shop there. My thought is that as long as I keep educating myself about the choices we can make to make the world a better place the more I will be able to do that. It's not easy when you're on the road or when you're a poor student or when you're just poor. We all have to do our part but we have to be realistic, especially when it comes to affecting other people and their lives and choices. The way I see it is: I try to buy local produce, but I'll buy cheapie canned goods from Food Basics. I'm not going to clean my toilet with baking soda but I will try to buy "green" cleaning products. I eat chicken and fish, but I try not to eat too much beef or processed meats and foods. They're all things that make a small difference (you gotta start somewhere!) but those kind of choices make me feel a little less bad on the trips I make to Primark...or Wal-mart ;) Cause at least you're still doing something and that proves you at least give a shit.la dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460712995948907184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681986556164661909.post-82471845255628903822008-09-08T07:46:00.000-07:002008-09-08T07:46:00.000-07:00I was living in Guelph during the hey day of the W...I was living in Guelph during the hey day of the Walmart battle: there was a HUGE outcry against it. HUGE. Students, the community, everyone. It was amazing.<BR/><BR/>And a failure: a Walmart opened in Guelph in 2006, I believe. I remember being completely BOWLED over when I heard (I was no longer living there at that time). There were some special restrictions to their being there, but they opened.<BR/><BR/>As I recall, the community did try everything they could tho: groups within the city told city council that it would ruin the smaller downtown merchants, impair traffic, etc... And apparently that didn't work. THEN, some religious people at some religious thing nearby the proposed site tried saying that Wal-Mart would detract from the spirituality of the area.<BR/><BR/>Here is a cut from the Guelph Mercury with specifics, if you're interested: http://magdak.ca/articles/mercury/walmart.html<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Walmart pretty much sucks.way_awayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00782023667097791099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681986556164661909.post-89554777875290833762008-09-08T00:57:00.000-07:002008-09-08T00:57:00.000-07:00don't leave.......Lantdon't leave.......<BR/>LantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681986556164661909.post-39604128567798905512008-09-08T00:54:00.000-07:002008-09-08T00:54:00.000-07:00ahhh. yeah, we own a copy of that movie. i havent ...ahhh. yeah, we own a copy of that movie. i havent watched it in a while, but it really pissed me off as well. i knew most of the content long before which is why we've only ever been in a walmart about 4 or 5 times ever, but the movie threw me over the deep end. it IS hard to avoid necessity though.<BR/> zellers usually has the closest price/one-stop-shop comparison without *as much* unethical crap, but their hours arent great. most towns have at least one 24 hour grocery store, BUT its not always cheap :(<BR/><BR/>i really know what you mean though. being the one in a group of people with ANY type of ethics is sometimes awful and nothing more than a lonely inconvenience or a depressing guilt trip depending on what you do. try being a vegan at a wedding, haha!<BR/>the one thing to remember is that you should never feel bad about speaking the truth on someone elses behalf (especially when they cannot). trying to un-know what you know will make you go crazy.candace & nuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855551832885851758noreply@blogger.com