Some stories, editorials and columns generate more comments than others - it's just the nature of the business. One might think it's the hot, controversial topics that generate the most feedback, but that's not necessarily the case.
Sometimes it's the little things that just get under people's skin.
Last week, reporter Brodie Thomas wrote his column about litterbugs he caught in the act of throwing garbage out car windows.
It got people talking.
One person posted a comment on our website (www.gulfnews.ca) that called people who litter mindless and ignorant. Several people popped into the Gulf News office to say they enjoyed the column and talk about their own stories of litter and litterbugs.
People who litter obviously have a special place in the hearts of many southwest coast residents.
Those anti-litter readers will be interested in the story in this week's issue about the thousands of cans and bottles Roy and Linda Voutier picked up from roadsides over the last year.
The Codroy Valley couple is donating the deposits they get back to charity, and also helping to keep the amount of garbage on local roadsides to a minimum.
But even the Voutiers can't pick up everything. There's just too much actual trash. (Not to mention the appalling amount of alcohol containers, but that's another topic altogether.)
It's a sorry statement about how some people view the place we call home.
It's also in stark contrast to another story a visitor to The Gulf News office told last week.
This woman had been in Francois for that community's come home year celebrations. She spoke of the wonderful time she had, the beautiful weather and the friendly people.
But what struck her most about the small, isolated community was its cleanliness. She said no matter how hard she looked, she couldn't find one piece of trash on the ground. Not even a gum wrapper.
There are garbage cans along the paths through the community and, obviously, people use them. It speaks to the pride residents have in their small community.
Maybe they can teach the rest of us.
editor@gulfnews.ca
Francois has it right
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- Published on August 31st, 2009
- Published on June 28th, 2010
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Natalie Musseau
Some stories, editorials and columns generate more comments than others - it's just the nature of the business. One might think it's the hot, controversial topics that generate the most feedback, but that's not necessarily the case.
Sometimes it's the little things that just get under people's skin.
Last week, reporter Brodie Thomas wrote his column about litterbugs he caught in the act of throwing garbage out car windows.
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- Jason
- - June 28th, 2010 at 14:29:47
If only it were that easy to stop littering by just drawing attention to it.
Unfortunately its become part of a lifestyle to be to lazy to do much. You know the ones. Obese, barely can make it across the parking lot. Dropping candy wrappers all the way. I have kept an eye on such individuals and they exist everywhere but it seems we have quite a few more than average in our area of the world.
You can't expect someone to have respect for the world outside their car or home when they have zero respect for themselves and have quite happily taken up a lazy, slovenly, let everyone else pick up the slack kind of lifestyle. They can be seen biweekly when pokie/welfare comes and usually found at Bob's or Mary Browns and they then pollute all the way home wherever that may be.
I've been behind these trash vehicles many times and have reported it. Good luck with the licence plates because the police don't give a s**t.
You can not correct these people either as they will claim to have a right to be such. Which they do but they infringe on our right not to have this trash spoiling our communities.
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