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I was pleased to see Stef argue, in the del.icio.us links column to the right, for the banning of freesheet newspapers in London, on the back of a Council's decision to do the same.

Stef's exact words were:

Shame it is for the waste that it causes on the ground as opposed to the mushing of the mind it causes.

I agree with the latter but not with the former: even though I'm not much of an environmentalist, I can't see how printing nearly 750,000 newspapers a day, the majority of which end up on the floor or on the floors of buses, can in any way help the environment.

And, whatever you do, don't get me started on the content of these papers. Seriously, if people want to pass time on their way home, I'd rather they all just listened to music on their mobile phones. If you knew me, you'd understand the force of the statement I've just made...

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