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Walt Kelly, Pogo, First Earth Day Poster, 1970

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Post by Lurker Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:13 pm

We had this poster hanging in our home in the '70s. It's still relative today.

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Post by Original Quill Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:07 pm

One of the most poignant philosophical lines ever written, and it's found in a cartoon.  I remember when the segment ran...it featured Porky Pine and Pogo, commenting on the trash people leave in national parks and public places:

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Is that irony?

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Post by veya_victaous Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:55 am

sad that 47 years later and the message has hardly changed


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Post by 'Wolfie Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:33 am

Arrow

Most animals "don't shit where they eat",  if they can avoid it...

Except 'mankind' when it acts collectively..

Regularly. Carelessly..
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