I ‘m Not A Plastic Bag (but I, the owner, am an idiot)
Alex:
May 2nd, 2007
The stupidity of standing outside a branch of Sainsburys to waiting for a supposedly environmentally sound bag is shown as being even more stupid than it is already. Not only does the bag not use conventional cotton, a material that causes large scale environmental damage in its production, but also they were more than likely made under conditions where workers are denied access to their basic rights, including the right to unionise, and are paid very little. The idea that any person will use their designer bag to carry actual shopping is almost as stupid as all these stupidities put together. Rather they will more likely just use the bag as well as plastic ones, thus defeating the object. If you didn’t manage to get hold of one, don’t worry. You can pay some tout a huge steaming wad of cash on Ebay and the charities will never see a penny.
This does not compare to the disgust I feel that May 1st, International Workers Day, is now associated only with going out to shops to buy clothing lines endorsed by dangerously thin, cocaine stuffed, Doherty-dating super-models. The range is basically precisely the same tat regularly sold at Topshop, but with an inflated price tag. Sigh.