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Murphy's Law: "Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening"

• mdifrgechd 6y ago
  Or puritain instinct, many people can't stand the idea of others enjoying themselves so look to find some reason why doing anything fun is bad.
  • lightgreen 6y ago
    This is very good comment, but I think it is only partially true. People cannot stand the idea when other enjoying themselves, while they restrict themselves for doing that because they worry for the planet. Their intentions are good, but their methods aren't. They ask other people to stop doing whatever they want doing. What should they do instead, is to ask governments to making everyone stop doing that. And the best way to do that (and I apologize for saying it 100s time in this topic) is to introduce a CO2 tax.
    • mdifrgechd 6y ago
      Personally I favor governments investing in carbon sequestration + other alternatives that let people live the kind of lives they want to live (and dont favor people who are already comfortable having come up in an older regulatory regime). There is no reason why reducing CO2 has to automatically be coupled with forced lifestyle changes or wealth redistribution. Edit - I see this very much along the lines of healthcare, we are better off focusing on keeping people healthy and not trying to force a lifestyle on people. I know there are those that disagree, but I think that largely comes back to my puritain comment