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  Wow, Petty Petty Petty, now here's my 2 cents

  I cannot believe I read all of that, It was better than a soap opera and alot longer too! So much drama and bickering, so much anger and frustration! I don't know who was worse, the freecycle people, or everyone else. One thing is clear, I don't think anyone actually has a problem with Freecycle, they just have personal vendettas against Deron. So what he get's paid now, big deal.

  Here's a secret... every non-profit, everywhere, has a budget for personell and benefits.

  The idea of a non profit is that the group will not have any excess profit at the end of a fiscal year without turning that back into the group. The idea is not to live in poverty, flat broke, scraping by on your knees to pay for your groups space. No one makes a profit, the group does not profit, etc. The people who are employed there are expected to make some stipend, otherwise, the non profit becomes a sweat shop, not a non-profit.

  Whatever, you all had way too much time on your hands at the beginning of this summer, and way too much bitter aggression, on all sides. This was just silly, so much venom, so little logic, so much gossip, very little knowledge.

  A piece of advice for all of you,  get over it, move on, do what you mean to do, forget about "selling out" that's a joke, just do what needs to be done to survive. Survival of the fittest came up alot, and when it comes to that the one who is willing to do anything, and I mean anything, in order to elevate the ideas behind free-recycling, wihtout going down in the process, even if that means flipping off God, or giving the Devil a wedgy. Survival of the fittest, regardless.

  Get over it.On As Freecycle grows, idealism and reality collide posted 4 years ago 85 Responses

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  misunderstanding

  I meant my portable cd player, the little AA batteries don't ast that long even when you are not playing it, they are slowly drained by the idling pause feature. That was my question, would the car be practical for a 1 hour drive, with 30 minutes simply sitting and waiting in traffic. I know most of the places I actually NEED to drive to are more than an hour away when traffic is clear, electric cars and traffic jams, don't seem a good combination.On Electric cars are looking good, but not quite there in terms of quality posted 4 years ago 10 Responses

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  What about sitting in traffic?

  If the electric car only gets about 30 miles on it, what about idle time, granted the engines not running full bore, but when I leave my cd player paused, the battery still drains. Would this mean that, given an average speed of 30 mph, the car could only go 30 miles without any stoplights, etc.? Or is this accounted for? I know I have spent more than 30 minutes stuck in a traffic jam, and it would not be good to need to find an outlet to plug in the car and recharge it somewhere out on the expressway.On Electric cars are looking good, but not quite there in terms of quality posted 4 years ago 10 Responses

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  Ouch

  no real comment on this issue, but wow, dissention and bitterness aboundsOn Organic farms don't treat workers any better than other farms posted 4 years ago 6 Responses

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  I play devils advocate

  I understand and agree that smoking does harm the environment in more ways than one. My comment was not based strictly on the negative impact on the environment, it was based on the way in which the idea was presented.

  The title grabbed attention and a response. It's that kind of extreme propaganda though that can hurt your arguement and generate a bigger negative response.

  Just like the ad campaign that said if you smoke weed you are a careless baby killing terrorist supporter, it only fueled the fire of those who were already so self righteous as to believe the propaganda, and angered and insulted those who may actually be casual smokers, I know that's another issue entirely, but the idea remains the same.

  Shock tactics should be left for the military and those in the business of scaring people straight, not in the pursuit of global welfare.

  Sometimes the being the devils advocate, while not glamorous, gets the job done.On What is your position on smoking? posted 4 years ago 9 Responses