Tuesday, May 09, 2006

The filth and the fury

The filth: theirs; the fury: mine.

 

Now that the weather has improved, this is the scene that greets me every morning as I cycle through the Vondelpark. Disgusting! The city council does a great job of clearing up each day, with swarms of workers descending on the park to collect the tide of beer cans, crisp packets, and plastic bags that have been left behind by the sun-seeking scum. But why should they have to do this? Surely they would be better served by positioning snipers in trees around them park and having them pick off anyone who leaves rubbish behind? Leave the corpses where they fall with warning notices pinned to their chest: Litter lout (or whatever the Dutch equivalent is). After a few days, cleanliness will be restored.

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1 comment:

stinkypaw said...

Totally agree with you! People have no respect anymore for anything, not even themselves. I've been saying for years that the gene pool is in serious need of chlorine, and I'm sad to see that its a "globalised" situation, sad, so sad...