[MD] What "moral revolution" is called for by the MOQ?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> Yes, I never understand why yuppies find it necessary to carry a 
> bottle of water around with them at all times. Must have something to 
> do with bottle feeding when babies, and they just can't, or won't, 
> grow up. (After all, "progressive" government will care for them like 
> children.)
> 
> [Arlo]
> Can't have anything to do with foul-tasting tap water or aggressive 
> free-market advertising, can it? Naaaahhh..... Must be "liberalism".

Foul tasting water? From your government water treatment plant? Naaahh.

> [Arlo]
> Our tap water tastes horrible. I run a distiller at home on all my 
> drinking water. But even that is far cheaper than buying bottled 
> water, and filling our landfills up with mountains of plastic bottles.

Let's outlaw plastic water bottles and whatever is in them. 

 > But the water where I work tastes fine out of the fountain. Indeed, I 
> fill up my reusable bottle from it. But sitting next to it is a 
> bottled water machine that is empty by the end of each week. 
> Sometimes I do think its a bit like the Starbucks phenomenon, you 
> know, you're "cool" if you're carrying around a "Starbucks" cup, but 
> a Dunkin' Donuts cup or (GASP!) a thermos from home makes you very 
> untrendy and mockable. I know students who actively dislike 
> Starbucks, but tell me they use a Starbucks cup because it makes them 
> appear hip. Ah the wonders of marketing....

Within the social level are levels of status. Has always been. Will always be.




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