Yes... this fits in perfectly with my other comment - it's what they care about, what they're personally interested in. Person A thinks that not bothering to find a bin and getting on with their life in a messy park is more interesting then having a fractionally shorter time in a clean park... that the one piece of litter isn't worth the effort of finding a bin. And person B thinks that it is.
Or, alternatively (thinking outside the box here) they just don't get cause and effect. I think that's a big problem with a lot of people s actions.
So what we need to do is drum into people some important stuff when they're little, and then it will be important to them and they'll act on it. Fuzzy "do whatever you want" is very good and tolerant, but if people think that nothing is important beyond having nice food and clothes then well, they'll act like that. Duty and Honour and The Love of God made much better people, even if they were, err, fundamentally wrong about lots of stuff????
I wait anxiously for your next bit of free time :-)
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Date: 2005-04-05 04:47 pm (UTC)Or, alternatively (thinking outside the box here) they just don't get cause and effect. I think that's a big problem with a lot of people s actions.
So what we need to do is drum into people some important stuff when they're little, and then it will be important to them and they'll act on it. Fuzzy "do whatever you want" is very good and tolerant, but if people think that nothing is important beyond having nice food and clothes then well, they'll act like that. Duty and Honour and The Love of God made much better people, even if they were, err, fundamentally wrong about lots of stuff????
I wait anxiously for your next bit of free time :-)