05-31-2007, 05:41 AM
I think the solution starts at home.. teach the kids to be responsible for themselves.. to respect each other and world we live in...when I was growing up these lessons were taught with discipline and my parents making sure I cleaned up after myself.. if not. I had a lot more work to do and usually a sore butt on top of it... until we as a country take the steps needed to hold these people responsible with jail time.. or heavy heavy fines coupled with hours of community service cleaning up after the ones who did not get caught yet it will not change...
like everyone on this board and other boards I visit .. I take the time to police after myself and if I see a mess I clean that up too.. once had a park ranger tell me to leave a log I was moving alone plus the paper under it since it was all natural and bio degradeable. I then held up a huge wad of mono line and said I dont think this is biodegradeable. he turned red ..thanked me for helping him to keep the park clean and went on his way... I am hoping I am passing on these lessons to my grandson when he goes out with me since I make sure he cleans up his mess and extra trash in the area...
I remeber as a kid a series of commercials where an Indian in a canoe paddles across a beautiful lake.. then the camera cuts in closer and you see a little trash.. as he goes upstream you see lots of trash.. the closing scene of this commercial is the indian stand next to his canoe.. surrounded by trash.. and he is crying.. and I believe the caption said something like help keep America clean so we can pass a cleaner America on to our kids and grandkids....
maybe we should bring those commercial back with a warning that anyone caught will be prosecuted etc... and then make sure we follow up on it..
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like everyone on this board and other boards I visit .. I take the time to police after myself and if I see a mess I clean that up too.. once had a park ranger tell me to leave a log I was moving alone plus the paper under it since it was all natural and bio degradeable. I then held up a huge wad of mono line and said I dont think this is biodegradeable. he turned red ..thanked me for helping him to keep the park clean and went on his way... I am hoping I am passing on these lessons to my grandson when he goes out with me since I make sure he cleans up his mess and extra trash in the area...
I remeber as a kid a series of commercials where an Indian in a canoe paddles across a beautiful lake.. then the camera cuts in closer and you see a little trash.. as he goes upstream you see lots of trash.. the closing scene of this commercial is the indian stand next to his canoe.. surrounded by trash.. and he is crying.. and I believe the caption said something like help keep America clean so we can pass a cleaner America on to our kids and grandkids....
maybe we should bring those commercial back with a warning that anyone caught will be prosecuted etc... and then make sure we follow up on it..
MacFly [cool]
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