Nothing makes an otherwise intelligent human being look more ridiculous than a bag of poop in one hand.
Hantsport Council has recently been asked to support this neurotic obsession with cleanliness by providing litter bins for doggie output.
It shows just how far we’ve strayed from our environment. Whether we like it or not, poop is all around us. We are bathed in an ocean of bacteria. The products of living organisms, however repulsive to our modern sensibilities, are all around us and even inside us.
If all animals shared our squeamishness and thoughtfully wrapped their droppings in plastic bags, life on this planet would cease forthwith.
Fortunately other animals are much more sensible. They usually contribute their waste matter where it will do the most good, in a convenient clump of dirt.
And who are we to interfere in this precious cycle of life? If we must cater to the squeamish, why not carry a trowel, or even a shovel so we can turn the earth over, thereby accelerating the process?
Seriously, the packaging of poop can be considered an ecological nightmare. Imagine hundreds of years hence, archeologists discovering these obnoxious packages. By then the bacteria might have mutated into horrible forms of life spawning diseases that would make Ebola look like the sniffles.
Lets lose our neurotic obsession with cleanliness and fall into step with the cycle life. Just watch where you put your feet.
Here’s to the Queen
Most Canadians want the monarchy gone, but they sure don’t live here. All the people in our admittedly small and unscientific street interviews (see page 2) were enthusiastic about having her visit the area. Does that put us at odds with the rest of Canada? How, in light of our obvious delight at the prospect of a royal visit, is it possible that 53 per cent of Canadians don’t want anything to do with her?
Too bad Her Majesty doesn’t read the Hants Journal. If she did, her visit would be a foregone conclusion.
Bus service just the beginning
For the price of less than $8 per person per year, rural East Hants residents would have some access to a bus that travelled back and forth to Halifax and Windsor a couple of times a day. That doesn’t include their bus fare, and nobody would call that great service, but it’s a start. Water, sewer, police and fire protection services cost a lot more.
It seems unlikely that Green Rider, which serves regular commuters along similar routes, would be driven out of business by the new service. Green Rider offers its customers much better and quicker service tailored much more closely to their needs.
The hiring of a consultant to research the issue represents a good first step. If rural people are going to move away from private vehicles, a mix of transporation alternatives must be found.
