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Steal this! (Canadian study shows that people who buy green products tend to lie and steal more)
American Thinker ^
| 10/9/2009
| Clarice Feldman
Posted on 10/09/2009 12:56:49 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Canadian study shows that people who buy green products tend to lie and steal more than those who don't:
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Toronto, October 6, 2009 -Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers.
Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.
But buying those same products can have the opposite effect. Researchers found that buying green can lead people into less altruistic behaviour, and even make them more likely to steal and lie than after buying conventional products. Buying products that claim to be made with low environmental impact can set up "moral credentials" in people's minds that give license to selfish or questionable behavior.
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The answer to the dilemma seems clear: Steal green products only and then lie about it.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: environmentalist; green
The Canadian study can be found
Here
To: SeekAndFind
This is a racial slur against Irishmen!
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posted on
10/09/2009 12:59:42 PM PDT
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(For good judgment ask...What would Obama do? Then do the opposite!)
To: SeekAndFind
Not surprising.
They are more likely to be part of the dingbat entitlement culture.
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:03:38 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take a beating.)
To: statered
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:17:10 PM PDT
by
statered
("And you know what I mean.")
To: statered
Considering the Green Movement is founded on lies, and engages in theft of private ownership and money, I’d say this is hardly surprising.
To: Dem Guard; FBD; BraveMan
"Researchers found that buying green can lead people into less altruistic behaviour, and even make them more likely to steal and lie than after buying conventional products." Well.
Who knew.
LOL!!
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:27:34 PM PDT
by
Landru
(Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
To: SeekAndFind
So Al Gore may not be altruistic after all?
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:30:12 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: SeekAndFind
This is the “Carbon Credits” company’s business plan.
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:34:03 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: fanfan
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posted on
10/09/2009 1:52:12 PM PDT
by
Springman
(Rest In Peace YaYa123)
To: Springman; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Squawk 8888; headsonpikes; AntiKev; Snowyman; ...
Thanks for the ping, Springman.
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posted on
10/09/2009 2:11:55 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(Why did they bury Barry's past?)
To: SeekAndFind
What a crock! I have a new John Deere lawn mower. The guy down the road said he didn’t want it anymore. Honest!
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posted on
10/09/2009 2:15:05 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: SeekAndFind
It's already been documented that Republicans are more altruistic than Democrats, and tip better.
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posted on
10/09/2009 2:15:24 PM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(SPENDING without representation is tyranny. To represent us you have to READ THE BILLS.)
To: SeekAndFind
totally believable!
Liberal Morality is defined by your positions on the issues and not what you actually do. Bill Clinton could get away with murder so long as he had the right positions on abortion and the like.
To: SeekAndFind
That’s because they’re probably liberals and we all know that they lie...
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posted on
10/09/2009 2:59:23 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
To: SeekAndFind
A Canadian study shows that people who buy green products tend to lie and steal more than those who don't... That's because liberals in any country are more likly criminals ...
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posted on
10/09/2009 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Nominated:Chamberlain, Hitler, Stalin. Winners: Arafat,Carter, Gore, Obama. Nobel Prize of Shame)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/09/2009 4:09:41 PM PDT
by
Dutchgirl
("What I believe about God is the most important thing about me." A.W. Tozer)
To: SeekAndFind
I was in Whole Foods the other day and watched several folks dip their hands into the bulk food bins and remove a handful for snacking while shopping. When I told my husband, he replied “what do you expect, they’re all lefties.”
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posted on
10/09/2009 4:15:23 PM PDT
by
keepitreal
( Don't tread on me.)
To: Landru
Just part of redistribution, it belongs to everybody so it belongs to me. Did you see the story about the farmer with a long time roadside stand that had to shut down because most people just took his produce from his honor stand this year. I’m pretty sure it was up in New Hampshire.
To: Dem Guard
"
Just part of redistribution, it belongs to everybody so it belongs to me." You sound awfully familiar with the concept, bucko. LOL
You're correct, it does...just an extension of the attitude that'll bury us all in the end.
"Did you see the story about the farmer with a long time roadside stand that had to shut down because most people just took his produce from his honor stand this year. Im pretty sure it was up in New Hampshire."
Missed it, thank God. Can't say I'm surprised, can you?
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posted on
10/10/2009 7:05:38 AM PDT
by
Landru
(If you want to perform for 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 5 days, a YEAR! Call...)
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