Bob's Corner
From our weekly issue dated July 29, 2009
Going to talk some trash here, so you can refuse to read this rubbish if you wish.
This topic arose because of the numerous times I’ve encountered litter around these parts. For example, in walking about the city of Cave Junction, I see the debris left by uncaring, thoughtless persons. Litterbugs, if you will; or another not-so-nice description.
From my travels here and elsewhere it appears that cigarette smokers enjoy tossing their empty packs. Not to mention their butts. Such carelessness ruins the appearance of any area, and does not speak well of those who so cavalierly toss their stuff.
We ran a couple of photos last week showing the situation that trashy scofflaws are causing at the apparent construction site of a home improvement store. It’s also possible, and sickening, to travel back roads and discover the wilderness spoiled by everything from sacks of dirty diapers to refrigerators and stoves.
It sometimes seems unreal that we humans can be so thoughtless with our waste. Probably all of us have seen people toss trash from their moving vehicles. Or watched with our jaws dropping as someone walks past a trash can and drops their garbage on the ground, the street, the sidewalk, someone’s lawn, a park or wherever the heck they feel like dropping the stuff.
On a recent raft trip on the Rogue River we put in at a sandy shoreline for lunch. And sure enough, we found empty beer cans and soft drink bottles. And a dirty diaper. We would have removed the items, but had no containers to handle the stuff in the rented raft.
Litterbugs are a pain. My questions are where were they raised and by whom? Do they have no common sense? No sense of cleanliness? No sense of keeping their crap out of our sight?
I know; I’m flapping my lips in the breeze; probably mostly preaching to the choir. Maybe though, someone will read this who will think twice next time they decide to discard something on a street or sidewalk. Or worse, in a forest or along a river.
I say, stamp out litterbugs.
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