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Both your comment and the one you're replying to are perfect examples of people advocating for the banning of things that they don't want to do, which I always
by jstanley 6y ago
Both your comment and the one you're replying to are perfect examples of people advocating for the banning of things that they don't want to do, which I always find unconvincing.
It's easy to advocate to ban a thing if you don't do the thing! You see all the negatives of other people doing it without receiving any of the positives of doing it yourself.
You find it easy to ban because you would not be personally affected.
Personally, as someone who doesn't own a pet, it would be easy for me to firmly support the banning of all pets from many cities on the basis that they poo in public and attack people. That would be easy to support not because it's the right thing to do (which it might be!), but because I don't own a pet.
- Theodores 6y agoIt takes effort to not own a car. Not owning a dog requires no effort.
- ourlordcaffeine 6y ago>It takes effort to not own a car Much less true in some European cities though. I don't have a car and I can't say it's taken effort to not have.
- globular-toast 6y agoI own car. It's a "hot hatch" so I pay a premium and consume more fuel for better performance. I drive right into towns. It's very convenient. But I strongly advocate banning cars from town centres and reducing the number of cars on the road in general. This should be done by making taxes proportional to actual road use (that is hours on the road and size and weight of vehicle, with discounts for people with greater needs, like disabled people). I see the benefits. I get it. But I'm prepared to sacrifice it all because it's completely unsustainable. But I'm not going to do it alone. We all have to do it.
- LordFast 6y ago"If everyone just live like I do the world will be perfect! What's your problem!?"