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It’s a common phrase to say that someone who makes a obviously poor choice that effects others “should be taken out back and shot”.  But that doesn’t solve anything because they don’t get a chance to make up for their wrong doing.

Sitting by the window at work a Hummer H2 pulled up to the ajoinnig suite.  I took a good look at for a moment.  Then exclaimed to in my usual IRC haunt, “What an absurd and ridiculous civilian vehicle.”  My friend appropriately responded with

“Yeah, there is no reason on earth to own one other than to prove to the world you make a ton of money (IE, enough to be able to fill the tank.)”

This of course stirred up some passion in me, and some frustration with the state of US.  No one should be wasting money like that.  No one.  My proposal isn’t that we take someone like this out back and shoot them.  No, No.  I propose that if you have that much money and throw it away so foolishly you should be taken out back and left in a third world country for a week.

Seriously though: we really do need to show people why they’re doing and why it’s a problem.  I encourage you all do it in the little ways.  The simple ways.  We can change this world one little bit at a time.