12-07-2006, 01:09 PM
Aloha,
My perspective on this sort of comment:
"Interesting reading, though the practicality of his ideas is debatable."
I hear this a lot, that I'm a dreamer, an idealist, not "practical" - which I think is pretty hilarious actually. My response is simple:
Anyone who thinks it's "practical" to keep doing what we're doing and thus getting what we're getting is the dreamer, the idealist, the one who's not "practical."
What we've been and are doing is not at all "practical" IMO. Ever more sprawl, ugliness, pollution, traffic, rubbish, deforestation, stress, anger, greed etc.
For those who do think what we've been and are doing is "practical" - we simply disagree about what we like and don't like in our lives and our communities.
cheers,
John S.
My perspective on this sort of comment:
"Interesting reading, though the practicality of his ideas is debatable."
I hear this a lot, that I'm a dreamer, an idealist, not "practical" - which I think is pretty hilarious actually. My response is simple:
Anyone who thinks it's "practical" to keep doing what we're doing and thus getting what we're getting is the dreamer, the idealist, the one who's not "practical."
What we've been and are doing is not at all "practical" IMO. Ever more sprawl, ugliness, pollution, traffic, rubbish, deforestation, stress, anger, greed etc.
For those who do think what we've been and are doing is "practical" - we simply disagree about what we like and don't like in our lives and our communities.
cheers,
John S.