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A square is a rectangle, not a polygon

The article addresses this. Calling it "litter" puts the responsibility on the consumer, calling it "pollution" puts it on the corporation that manufactures the plastics.

Because disgusting people spitting gum on the floor is obviously the corporation’s fault.

No, but the fact that the gum then never degrades is.

That line of thinking doesn't get us towards no gum on the floor, and surely in our collective capacity we can do something about it?

>>> That line of thinking doesn't get us towards no gum on the floor

Sure it does.

We can collectively shame people who spit gum on the floor. We could also enact something like singapore that carries hefty penalities.

but who profits by selling the gum?

There's a popular drive through coffee and fast food franchise in my country and the immediate area around is often covered in their empty cups and food wrappers that their customers discard when they get new stuff from the drive through.

Funny thing is that the waste is often found around the store and not nearly as much in other places.

I personally blame the company that produces the garbage with their branding on it and who has a profit motive to not deal with this stuff.

All squares are rectangles.

Not all rectangles are squares.

All rectangles are polygons.

Not all polygons are rectangles.

Rectangles are polygons

I think the point that OP was making in a facetious sort of way is that it's a fallacy to say 'A is not C because it's B'. It's possible for something to be both B and C.

Ah fair enough, thanks! I definitely didn't catch that.

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