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<blockquote data-quote="JayKay" data-source="post: 239817" data-attributes="member: 324">Over Thanksgiving, my wife and kids and I were in Minneapolis, visiting family.&nbsp; We were at the Mall of America, which I enjoy, for the people-watching purposes.Not the reason I'm writing this note.The ironic thing was, in the middle of one of the biggest shopping centers in North America..&nbsp; one of the, if not THE biggest one in the US, was a kiosk about mother nature, and how we need to do more to protect her.Don't get me wrong.&nbsp; I don't like littering.&nbsp; Don't like oil spills, etc.&nbsp; Who does?But this little kiosk was COVERED.&nbsp; Festooned, with sticky notes, signed by bleeding hearts.&nbsp; We need to do more.&nbsp; Protect Mother Earth.&nbsp; Save the Whales.&nbsp; NO to hunting.&nbsp; Etc.&nbsp; It had at least hundreds of sticky notes all over it.&nbsp; Probably thousands.Kids are writing these things.&nbsp; Kids think that they're actually doing good.&nbsp; Uneducated people who thought they'd stop and &quot;do their part&quot; while cruising along in their oil-derived trendy outerwear.&nbsp; The polyester jackets and Ugg boots.In the middle of miles of asphalt.&nbsp; In the middle of a giant shopping mall, that nearly HAS to sit squarely on some extinct lake or marshland..&nbsp; In the middle of mountains of wires and concrete and plastic water bottles, truckloads of garbage.&nbsp; 175,000 visitors on Black Friday alone.&nbsp; In the middle of all that, is this kiosk that people are all like &quot;there, I helped...&quot;Wow, the times we live in..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayKay, post: 239817, member: 324"] Over Thanksgiving, my wife and kids and I were in Minneapolis, visiting family. We were at the Mall of America, which I enjoy, for the people-watching purposes. Not the reason I'm writing this note. The ironic thing was, in the middle of one of the biggest shopping centers in North America.. one of the, if not THE biggest one in the US, was a kiosk about mother nature, and how we need to do more to protect her. Don't get me wrong. I don't like littering. Don't like oil spills, etc. Who does? But this little kiosk was COVERED. Festooned, with sticky notes, signed by bleeding hearts. We need to do more. Protect Mother Earth. Save the Whales. NO to hunting. Etc. It had at least hundreds of sticky notes all over it. Probably thousands. Kids are writing these things. Kids think that they're actually doing good. Uneducated people who thought they'd stop and "do their part" while cruising along in their oil-derived trendy outerwear. The polyester jackets and Ugg boots. In the middle of miles of asphalt. In the middle of a giant shopping mall, that nearly HAS to sit squarely on some extinct lake or marshland.. In the middle of mountains of wires and concrete and plastic water bottles, truckloads of garbage. 175,000 visitors on Black Friday alone. In the middle of all that, is this kiosk that people are all like "there, I helped..." Wow, the times we live in.. [/QUOTE]

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