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Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 17:09:06 GMT
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What does being a vegetarian have to do with feeling gulity about Shell sets
and ABS plastic? The oil those two use is from creatures that died several
hundred thousand years before humans even walked the planet.
BTW, hemp makes TERRIBLE clothing, IMO.
Jason
In lugnet.lego.direct, Thomas Main writes:
> Being a vegetarian, I would not want TLC associated with leather jacket
> making. I feel guilty enough about really liking the McDonald's sets,
> the Shell Oil promotional sets, and for that matter...the ABS itself :)
> How about a hemp jacket? ;)
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> f.u.t. debate
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> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
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| (...) It may have more to do with the environmental destruction wrought by Dutch Royal Shell, mostly in the Arctic and in Africa. I'm more concerned about their activities from a human standpoint, but like most extractive industries, it's their (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
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| There are also debates on whether the oil is FROM plants and animals. The argument is that the oil reserves VASTLY outweigh the possible biomass from the past. There is a good argument for petroleum simply FORMING from various chemicals, just like (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Being a vegetarian, I would not want TLC associated with leather jacket making. I feel guilty enough about really liking the McDonald's sets, the Shell Oil promotional sets, and for that matter...the ABS itself :) How about a hemp jacket? ;) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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