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I’m beginning to wonder if being a Hippy is right for me.

I mean, I love trees, dolphins and small wriggly things that scurry under rocks when it gets light, but it’s people I’m having a problem with.

Human beings are the biggest cause of misery on the planet. We completely wipe an area of its natural resources then concrete over it and use it for houses, supermarkets and nightclubs while we move on and do the same somewhere else.

We don’t even look after our own. Here’s an example:

Riding to work today, I saw a woman being shouted at by a bloke (who was a bit big) – and then he pushed her, quite roughly. It wasn’t in the middle of the night, down some dark alley, but 9.30 am on a main road. There were about 5 or 6 people around, and did one of them say anything? No.

Although I was the furthest away, it was down to me – I called over and made sure she was okay, which was enough to stop the guy in his tracks and make him realise he’d gone too far. There was no confrontation, no big scary blokes pulling out double barrelled shotguns, no shouting even! All it took was for another person to step in and say “That’s not acceptable”. But at least 5 people refused to do that. Are these the kind of people I work to save? So they can go home, hop in their SUVs and drop some fridges into landfill?

Maybe I should start a terrorist group – Grumpy Hippies – dedicated to wiping out all selfish humans (but leaving the rest of creation intact and thriving). Okay, maybe more of a nervous-ist group. Hippies don’t inspire terror.

Or maybe I should just try and change a few hearts and minds with my good example…..yeah, that sounds like less effort.