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Re: Actual fashion question!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
I generally think that most "Buy this product and you'll have done something good about X" solutions are bullshit -- everything from pink ribbons to Priuses to carbon offsets to labeled organic foods in supermarkets. If your contribution to a solution is buying, you're engaging in a uniquely American way of thinking you're improving the world without really giving anything up in the transaction.
I aspire to saying "no" to Cub Scout popcorn and Girl Scout cookies and marching band wrapping paper. I'd rather just write a check for things I want to see more of in the world. I don't always succeed, but I do it often enough to feel a sense of moral superiority to guys with yellow bracelets and (RED) iPods.
I don't really give a shit about Armstrong except I hold out hope he'll experience some kind of redemption other than the tearful book tour kind, which I fear is all we have left.
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L'Chaim.
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