Comments on: Simple Life http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Urmilla Deshpande http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Urmilla Deshpande Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:39:44 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-1110 This woman knows what she is talking about - we can do some things, and we should. We don't have to be vegetarian, but we can choose to eat meat that isn't factory farmed - a steak once a month from a grazing steer rather than burgers every other day, for example, is better for them, and much better for us - immediately and in the long run. This woman knows what she is talking about – we can do some things, and we should. We don’t have to be vegetarian, but we can choose to eat meat that isn’t factory farmed – a steak once a month from a grazing steer rather than burgers every other day, for example, is better for them, and much better for us – immediately and in the long run.

]]> By: Ashvin http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Ashvin Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:25:51 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-1109 Folks, To the common man in America, there is no choice but to use the gas he needs to go to work and get groceries. He is working, paying taxes(including road and gas taxes. He too, like the cat, eats when he is hungry. He cannot live next to his office, there are no good schools there. He cannot walk to the bus, it is not practical.. Greed is bad and so is crime. We already have quite a few laws that regulate misuse of the eath by corporations - just enforce it. They have always figured out how to stay within the law and make money while providing you with things of value at a reasonable price. What happens when oil runs out ? If they want to make money, they will figure out another means. But pls don't play into the hands of corrupt politicians and crony capitalists pushing for something stupid like electric cars ( worse foot print than ordinary cars), ethanol ( starves the poor) etc. There are somethings we can all do to save the earth -like being vegetarians. How many people do that? Folks,
To the common man in America, there is no choice but to use the gas he needs to go to work and get groceries. He is working, paying taxes(including road and gas taxes. He too, like the cat, eats when he is hungry. He cannot live next to his office, there are no good schools there. He cannot walk to the bus, it is not practical..

Greed is bad and so is crime. We already have quite a few laws that regulate misuse of the eath by corporations – just enforce it. They have always figured out how to stay within the law and make money while providing you with things of value at a reasonable price. What happens when oil runs out ? If they want to make money, they will figure out another means. But pls don’t play into the hands of corrupt politicians and crony capitalists pushing for something stupid like electric cars ( worse foot print than ordinary cars), ethanol ( starves the poor) etc. There are somethings we can all do to save the earth -like being vegetarians. How many people do that?

]]> By: Mithoo http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Mithoo Mon, 31 May 2010 13:40:53 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-243 There are plenty of things we can all do: switch to LED lights, drive a fuel efficient car, use your AC less, get solar panels,and most important, get after your representative to stop subsidies to oil and coal.... put the money into solar and wind, and don't listen to the crap they peddle about the technology not being ready. It's there. Simple greed keeps the money pumping into oil and coal rather than solar and wind. Greed. There are plenty of things we can all do: switch to LED lights, drive a fuel efficient car, use your AC less, get solar panels,and most important, get after your representative to stop subsidies to oil and coal…. put the money into solar and wind, and don’t listen to the crap they peddle about the technology not being ready. It’s there. Simple greed keeps the money pumping into oil and coal rather than solar and wind. Greed.

]]> By: Ashvin http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Ashvin Sun, 30 May 2010 13:49:21 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-242 To use Gandhi's oft repeated quote - 'Live simply so that others may simply live' Easier said than done. To use Gandhi’s oft repeated quote – ‘Live simply so that others may simply live’
Easier said than done.

]]> By: Deepak Patil http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Deepak Patil Wed, 26 May 2010 09:26:40 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-239 Need becomes greed when one loses mental balance. Need becomes greed when one loses mental balance.

]]> By: Joseph Hellweg http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Joseph Hellweg Wed, 26 May 2010 07:43:11 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-238 And recently, a bioethicist at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix recommended that a nun who gave permission for an abortion to save the mother's life be excommunicated. She was--promptly. Never mind that, as Alternet pointed out, not a single priest who has sexually abused children has been excommunicated. You're right, people consume more than they need, out of greed--sexual, financial, theological, political. Need becomes greed when one decides that other people, or at least some, have no needs. And recently, a bioethicist at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix recommended that a nun who gave permission for an abortion to save the mother’s life be excommunicated. She was–promptly. Never mind that, as Alternet pointed out, not a single priest who has sexually abused children has been excommunicated. You’re right, people consume more than they need, out of greed–sexual, financial, theological, political. Need becomes greed when one decides that other people, or at least some, have no needs.

]]> By: Sheila Curran http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Sheila Curran Wed, 26 May 2010 00:40:11 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-235 WEll, I wish we could at least slightly blame BP, because if you watched the 60 minutes episode, their greed overwrote the cautious approach Transocean wanted to take by pouring 'mud' down the pipe to make certain the blow-out preventor, then compromised, was backed up. And why we aren't doing a number of things including huge transport ships sucking up the oil? Je ne sais quois. xoxox sheila WEll, I wish we could at least slightly blame BP, because if you watched the 60 minutes episode, their greed overwrote the cautious approach Transocean wanted to take by pouring ‘mud’ down the pipe to make certain the blow-out preventor, then compromised, was backed up. And why we aren’t doing a number of things including huge transport ships sucking up the oil? Je ne sais quois. xoxox
sheila

]]> By: padma http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-234 padma Tue, 25 May 2010 22:10:28 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-234 At what point does need become greed? At what point does need become greed?

]]> By: umi http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-233 umi Tue, 25 May 2010 19:26:43 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-233 Yes, it is - in fact it isn't gruesome at all. The cat's intentions are very clear - he eats when he is hungry. We on the other hand... we destroy the planet. I didn't want to use the word - but here it is: Greed. Yes, it is – in fact it isn’t gruesome at all. The cat’s intentions are very clear – he eats when he is hungry. We on the other hand… we destroy the planet.
I didn’t want to use the word – but here it is: Greed.

]]> By: Bakul http://urmilladeshpande.com/2010/05/simple-life/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Bakul Tue, 25 May 2010 19:21:41 +0000 http://urmilladeshpande.com/?p=437#comment-232 Isn't the cat eating he bird less gruesome than an oil slick eating up marine life? Isn’t the cat eating he bird less gruesome than an oil slick eating up marine life?

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