Green Sex

It was really funny this morning to watch NBC 4 going nuts .. I mean, sure this makes it more watchable, but give me a break. The world is going green.. but I'm not sure how green things can get. Today on TV they were talking about "green sex toys". well.. when I heard that I thought they will start talking about cucumbers and carrots .. but they actually were talking about commercial sex toys made of ceramic and recyclable glass - I'm not sure if we want that to be recycled though.

I wasn't very surprised to see this going on TV, since Americans have shows like "sex & the city" and a New York "sex museum" .. so it's in the air .. but I'm not sure about the green part. Let's throw Al-Gor a party celebrating Nobel prize for his "role" in making the world "greener". I'm sure the US could help the world get greener by ratifying the Kyoto agreement that President Bush says about it:


This is a challenge that requires a 100% effort; ours, and the rest of the world's. The world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases is the People's Republic of China. Yet, China was entirely exempted from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. India and Germany are among the top emitters. Yet, India was also exempt from Kyoto … America's unwillingness to embrace a flawed treaty should not be read by our friends and allies as any abdication of responsibility. To the contrary, my administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change … Our approach must be consistent with the long-term goal of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere."


I am sure that Mr. President knows who is the number 1 emitter. We should all thank Mr. Bush for his "effort" and "leadership" in committing to make the world greener - maybe by using phosphor bombs - with their green flashing - on Afghanistan, Iraq, and wherever he goes next.

Green: signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, Yellow: signed and hoping to ratify the agreement, Red: signed but not ratifying.


Nevertheless, green is a trend here because people are committed to the greener world. This doesn't at all conflict with their love of SUVs and sports cars, since cars or industries that provide the quality of life are not the issue here. It is about the type of paper you use, the cups provided in the coffee shops, and most importantly, sex toys.
Let's use the term self-hypocrites with my beloved Americans. They have a very genuine want to make and do better, but it might get harder when it is about being better. It makes oneself feel so good wiping the butt with a recyclable toilet paper - they don't use water here - because one knows this good for the environment, but how about buying a small car that will consume less energy ? This makes me always wonder why the hydrogen and battery cars are not picking up as a trend if cars are the number 1 polluting machine in the world ? or is it the corporates benefits and network that has more interest driven by profit from gasoline based cars ?

don't get me wrong, but it takes more than regular courage to go in the opposite direction, where responsibility measures up to the level of privilege and power. Investing almost 4.2% of the GDP is worth it if your emittions are affecting 6.5 billion human beings alive.

Posted at at 2:29 PM on 08 November 2007 by Posted by Mohammed Ghazi | 0 comments   | Filed under: ,