THE IRRITATION OF READING THE GUARDIAN
Sometimes, sactimonious Guardian readers put me off reading it. Consider this, sent to an "Eco Confessions" column - subtitled "It's Not Easy Being Green" (might as well be 'It's not easy being perfect'; 'It's not easy being a Guardian reader') where people write in with guilty little secrets, like members of a clique.
P. Stephens of Hackney (where else?) "isn't keen" on curtailing her globe-trotting.
"I'm not keen on giving up foreign holidays to save the environment. The world would be a poorer place without a better understanding of other peoples. Only in India have I seen flip-flops being mended rather than thrown away."
So, one P. Stephens - keen not to make the world 'a poorer place' - is presumably 'enriched' for being a poverty tourist watching people mend their shoes. No doubt she also has some nice photos. I'd be interested to know how she uses this understanding - perhaps with an Oxfam subscription although somehow, I suspect not.
Sometimes, sactimonious Guardian readers put me off reading it. Consider this, sent to an "Eco Confessions" column - subtitled "It's Not Easy Being Green" (might as well be 'It's not easy being perfect'; 'It's not easy being a Guardian reader') where people write in with guilty little secrets, like members of a clique.
P. Stephens of Hackney (where else?) "isn't keen" on curtailing her globe-trotting.
"I'm not keen on giving up foreign holidays to save the environment. The world would be a poorer place without a better understanding of other peoples. Only in India have I seen flip-flops being mended rather than thrown away."
So, one P. Stephens - keen not to make the world 'a poorer place' - is presumably 'enriched' for being a poverty tourist watching people mend their shoes. No doubt she also has some nice photos. I'd be interested to know how she uses this understanding - perhaps with an Oxfam subscription although somehow, I suspect not.
