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0 pointsbrc10y ago0 comments

I specifically noted in my comment that I know you cannot understand the underlying problems by watching TV.

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616c10y ago· 2 in thread

And hence I commented, in kind, with not addressing this at you. There is a wide and diverse audience in HN, and I wanted to point out they need to travel and see the world to better understand their culture and themselves, and the biases through which they evaluate the world.

I am not being critical of you, I just wanted to give a good example of a deeper look at this particular example. I upvoted you and I am glad you gave space to such opinions, as tangential as they are to the article.

brcOP10y ago

I have travelled extensively, and my experiences in places where rubbish piled up - in tourist areas as well, like coral reefs - made it very hard to understand for me. I pick up rubbish in my own neighbourhood if I see it.

I agree that travel is a great way to look back though your own lens and see how you see the world.

616c10y ago

Oh man, do we have a lot in common. I happen to spend a lot of time in the Gulf at the moment. Recycling is new, and the divide between Westerners long since acclimdated from their own environs and the stark opposite is amusing.

Here, fully industrialized recycling has caught on, but white man's guilt is a special problem, as people like you and I only help to fill facilities overflowing with recyclables that cannot ship-and-sell locally, regionally, or globally.

http://dohanews.co/qatar-dumps-400-tons-waste-daily-landfill...

The stigma from childhood in the US stays bad enough for me, I sometimes avoid tossing things and leave in the car 1-2 days just to recycle it at a rare recycling facility in my housing complex.

Oh, and ironically no one in desert recycles glass. Intentional?

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