EuanB[_69_]
May 17th 07, 01:59 AM
Phillip at http://www.spinopsys.com links to a post by George Monbiot,
Car-Nage.
> 'Car-nage '
> (http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/05/15/car-nage/)
>
> Posted May 15, 2007 </STRONG>
> We need a global campaign for road safety, but not one controlled by
> the motor industry.
>
> By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 15th May 2007
>
>
>
> Corporate social responsibility often resembles the adventures of The
> Good Soldier Svejk. In 1914, about to be conscripted into the
> Austro-Hungarian army, Svejk puts on his old uniform and a volunteer’s
> buttonhole and, waving his borrowed crutches and shouting “to Belgrade,
> to Belgrade!”, has his landlady push him to the recruiting office in a
> bath chair. Jaroslav Harsek’s marvellous creation is lauded by the
> newspapers for his extraordinary patriotism.
>
>
>
> By this means Svejk attempts to persuade the authorities that he is
> doing everything he can to get to the front, even if, to his enormous
> regret, his rheumatism prevents him from having his brains blown out.
> By noisily volunteering to subject themselves to stricter standards,
> the corporations try to pre-empt the rules which might otherwise have
> been imposed on them. This, they hope, will allow them to participate
> only when and how they see fit.
More here: http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/05/15/car-nage/
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EuanB
Car-Nage.
> 'Car-nage '
> (http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/05/15/car-nage/)
>
> Posted May 15, 2007 </STRONG>
> We need a global campaign for road safety, but not one controlled by
> the motor industry.
>
> By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 15th May 2007
>
>
>
> Corporate social responsibility often resembles the adventures of The
> Good Soldier Svejk. In 1914, about to be conscripted into the
> Austro-Hungarian army, Svejk puts on his old uniform and a volunteer’s
> buttonhole and, waving his borrowed crutches and shouting “to Belgrade,
> to Belgrade!”, has his landlady push him to the recruiting office in a
> bath chair. Jaroslav Harsek’s marvellous creation is lauded by the
> newspapers for his extraordinary patriotism.
>
>
>
> By this means Svejk attempts to persuade the authorities that he is
> doing everything he can to get to the front, even if, to his enormous
> regret, his rheumatism prevents him from having his brains blown out.
> By noisily volunteering to subject themselves to stricter standards,
> the corporations try to pre-empt the rules which might otherwise have
> been imposed on them. This, they hope, will allow them to participate
> only when and how they see fit.
More here: http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/05/15/car-nage/
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EuanB