Comments on: The Swag I Get http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/ Home of Heart, Mind and Really Big Issues Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:00:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: gabespop http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1700 Thu, 03 May 2007 22:00:16 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1700 Msteele, No. Those alternatives aren't morally equivalent. You're absolutely right on this. I walk to work every day. Wonder if someone could send a few bucks my way? Msteele,

No. Those alternatives aren’t morally equivalent. You’re absolutely right on this.

I walk to work every day. Wonder if someone could send a few bucks my way?

]]> by: baldyjoe http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1692 Thu, 03 May 2007 01:37:17 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1692 To msteele: Thanks for your comment. I also wonder why no one is talking aout this matter. Your comparison to "indulgences" hit the nail on the head. Cheerio To msteele: Thanks for your comment. I also wonder why no one is talking aout this matter. Your comparison to “indulgences” hit the nail on the head. Cheerio

]]> by: msteele http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1690 Wed, 02 May 2007 18:53:43 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1690 Speaking of marketing, please forgive me if I introduce a different topic here (I understand it's Holly's blog, but I have a burning question for my fellow Mullenistas.) I've been queasy about the marketing of carbon offsets, made only worse during the discussion of Mr. Gore's power usage in the Tennessee mansion, offset by his contributions to green power sources and tree planting, etc. I wasn't sure how to describe my unease until I glanced at an article by Alexander Cockburn in the Nation, where he discusses the religious fervor of global warming. Now it's clear: carbon offsets = indulgences! Sin all you want, but pay us and we will intercede in your behalf and have those sins counterbalanced. Am I way off here? If you are concerned about global warming, you could trade your Expedition in for a Prius (or a bike), or you could keep driving the Expedition and pay someone to plant a bunch of trees for you. Are these two alternatives morally equivalent? Or just more of a way for people of money to feel good without really doing anything? Speaking of marketing, please forgive me if I introduce a different topic here (I understand it’s Holly’s blog, but I have a burning question for my fellow Mullenistas.)

I’ve been queasy about the marketing of carbon offsets, made only worse during the discussion of Mr. Gore’s power usage in the Tennessee mansion, offset by his contributions to green power sources and tree planting, etc. I wasn’t sure how to describe my unease until I glanced at an article by Alexander Cockburn in the Nation, where he discusses the religious fervor of global warming.

Now it’s clear: carbon offsets = indulgences! Sin all you want, but pay us and we will intercede in your behalf and have those sins counterbalanced. Am I way off here? If you are concerned about global warming, you could trade your Expedition in for a Prius (or a bike), or you could keep driving the Expedition and pay someone to plant a bunch of trees for you. Are these two alternatives morally equivalent? Or just more of a way for people of money to feel good without really doing anything?

]]> by: chardonnay http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1687 Wed, 02 May 2007 15:02:56 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-swag-i-get/#comment-1687 The film `Thank You For Smoking` comes to mind. A wicked,funny satire (though maybe not for people who have lost loved ones to the evil weed). Anyway,the Church has a large financial position in Altria..., can`t let sentiment get in the way of good investments. Warner Woodworth has a good piece in the op/ed section of the SLTrib (on Veep).Unfortunately his candor will get him fired in the next purge.The BYU/LDS administration has a long and unforgiving memory of such heresy.I do admire his bravery. Remember Ernest L. Wilkinson? BYU had its very own Beria,complete with the personal sadism. The film `Thank You For Smoking` comes to mind. A wicked,funny satire (though maybe not for people who have lost loved ones to the evil weed). Anyway,the Church has a large financial position in Altria…, can`t let sentiment get in the way of good investments.

Warner Woodworth has a good piece in the op/ed section of the SLTrib (on Veep).Unfortunately his candor will get him fired in the next purge.The BYU/LDS administration has a long and unforgiving memory of such heresy.I do admire his bravery.

Remember Ernest L. Wilkinson? BYU had its very own Beria,complete with the personal sadism.

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