Brenton
International Buy Nothing Day
November 24th 2006 08:00
Just so you know, tomorrow, November 25, is International Buy Nothing day. A kind of Anti Holiday, started by the Adbusters foundation.
There is a bit of confusion as to what the point of Buy Nothing Day is. There is no intention of attempting to use this one day of the year to single handedly cripple massive corporations. Honestly, lefties may be naive sometimes, but not to that extent. Secondly, it’s not a bloody minded absolute – it’s a day to not buy anything inessential. If you’re hit by a truck, it’s ok to buy fuel to get you to the hospital rather than lying on the ground in a pool of blood and self righteousness.
So then, what’s the point?
The point of the day is to draw attention to the gross excesses of modern civilisation, and point out the damage it is doing to our world. Kalle Lasn, Adbuster’s Media Foundation Founder, says it better here;
As one of Adbusters magazines suggested, there are three laws.
1. Nothing comes from nowhere.
2. Everything comes from somewhere.
3. There’s no such thing as a free lunch…
There is a bit of confusion as to what the point of Buy Nothing Day is. There is no intention of attempting to use this one day of the year to single handedly cripple massive corporations. Honestly, lefties may be naive sometimes, but not to that extent. Secondly, it’s not a bloody minded absolute – it’s a day to not buy anything inessential. If you’re hit by a truck, it’s ok to buy fuel to get you to the hospital rather than lying on the ground in a pool of blood and self righteousness.
So then, what’s the point?
The point of the day is to draw attention to the gross excesses of modern civilisation, and point out the damage it is doing to our world. Kalle Lasn, Adbuster’s Media Foundation Founder, says it better here;
As one of Adbusters magazines suggested, there are three laws.
1. Nothing comes from nowhere.
2. Everything comes from somewhere.
3. There’s no such thing as a free lunch…
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That's an excellent idea you're promoting.
We do eat too much, buy too much, drive too much, consume too much and the problem of waste disposal is enormous, especially in such a throw away society.
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As for me, well, maybe I'll get in on the act next year... this year I was working...