The Unbroken Window: "I don’t think many people actually know what is good, and I surely don’t. But Earth Day, as you know, is about deeming which side you are on. By having a special “Day” it pits those who celebrate it (presumably they are the only ones who care about the land, water, air, flora and fauna that sustain us) with those who do not celebrate it (presumably those that don’t care about that which sustains us). I find such an implication gut wrenching and plain wrong. Because if folks really were all acting in good faith, the presumption of all would be that we have an individual and shared interest in making the Earth as wonderful a place for us as it can be, and for our children and future generations. You’d have to be something close to a psychopath not to want life to be better. And a natural corollary to that idea would be that we all have a shared interest in actually figuring out what is “good” for the Earth and what is “not.” "
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