yep, we are truly a throwaway soceity. But moneywise, it is hard to
strip cars, computers, etc. for the component parts. Cheaper to crunch
them. And that in turn keeps demand for 'new' stuff high.
Bill Gates is profiting from that rule of marketing quite nicely, with
Windows.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
"R. D. Davis" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > I spoke with a representative from Gifts In Kind this morning.
> > Basically, they collect the computers from Staples and divert them to
> [...]
> > > resulting systems will then be placed by Gifts In Kind. The rest are
> > > recycled.
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> "Recycled" is a politically correct term for the brutal destruction of
> useful, interesting and historically meaningful, equipment.
>
> Typical of those short-sighted charitable organizations that rely on
> the destruction of history and useful, well-made, equipment for their
> own survival. Doesn't this organization also collect cars from people
> under false pretenses and then have perfectly useable older cars
> scrapped?
>
> I've seen some extremely nice looking, rust-free, apparently
> well-maintained, older cars (e.g., late 1960's to late 1970's), with
> good interiors, new tires, etc. sitting in a junkyard with stickers
> from such charities on their windshields. These are cars that are
> driveable, that donors thought were going to be put to good use, which
> are being destroyed by the lame-brained cretins (and that's an
> extremly kind description of them) at those charities. Alas, such
> cars are often scrapped, at least in Maryland, within a week's time,
> so there's not even much time to obtain parts from them. It's my
> understanding that the titles to such cars are kept by the
> lame-brained cretins at those charities so that the classic cars can't
> be put back on the road.
>
> Now, these charities are seeking to destroy another rare commodity:
> older computers for which parts are becoming difficult to find. An
> idea: perhaps we should begin finding ways to recycle those charities
> and put an end to the damage they're doing.
>
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Received on Thu Feb 14 2002 - 22:01:14 GMT