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Carol25 wrote: » I’ve seen first hand the positive effect Greta has had on the next generation and their willingness to help the planet.
CalamariFritti wrote: » Dont bother. This thread is a just a big fest of ignorance. All they say here is that people don't know sh1t and then some made up stuff on the last ice age and the sun and China and taxes and whatnot. Basically a thousand ways to shout down anything that sounds like its outside the comfort zone with zero substance and a lot of know-it-all aggressiveness. Its one of the most pathetic threads ever and one that makes you think that everything thats coming our way in terms of environmental decline is thoroughly deserved. As a species, as a hive-mind, we're still cavemen unable to see past the next meal and the next 60 inch flat screen. Well if this thread is anything to go by we are anyway...
jackboy wrote: » I have seen the exact opposite over the last couple of weeks. The scale of aggressive panic buying of junk this Christmas has been at least on par with previous years, if not worse. Greta’s school aged so called supporters did not change their ways in general. I’m sure there were a few but I have not heard of any of these children which asked their parents to go easy on the junk this Christmas. In general they just told their parents of the junk that they expect to receive, as usual. I’m sure they will resume their interest in the climate stuff again now in the new year.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » IMHO, anyone who has kids is adding to the overpopulation of the planet and destroying it. They are hypocrites for waving the climate change banner. How dare they.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Some. However, cost/benefit analysis would show that the publicity that she has engendered for climate change obviously far outweighs the environmental cost of her travel. Go Greta!
Pa ElGrande wrote: » Cost/benefit analysis? So all she is is just an accounting entry in a balance sheet to you. If its not too much trouble can you show us the balance sheet breakdown from your cost benefit analysis?
Fr_Dougal wrote: » If you can’t comprehend that overpopulation is the biggest threat to the environment then I suggest you read up on it. If you still can’t comprehend it then perhaps you shouldn’t comment on things you can’t understand.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » Population is not the problem, over consumption is. I guess you're never going to accept that, but we've gone over it again and again in this thread. Also, no government is going to put restrictions on how many kids people can have, so it's not even worth talking about, so it's a cop out on your part.
terenc wrote: » Send her over to China , Pakistan, India , Saudi Arabia who are the real polluters of the world and this little brat speaks for who.
Eric Cartman wrote: » Itll be fine for me as traffic willjust get lighter and ill drive big filthy petrol/diesel cars till the day I die, your posts come accross as jealous of car owners more thsn anything. but Id suggest you get a driving licence and a car, give it a go. Itsa load of fun
Dakota Dan wrote: » until he waved a bit of vegan food in front of her People actually buy this sh1t.
Dakota Dan wrote: » Just heard her auld lad on Rte saying that she gave up eating until he waved a bit of vegan food in front of her and voila she started eating again and to think People actually buy this sh1t.
Carol25 wrote: » That’s exactly how a child with ASD would react if they became consumed by the fixation/obsession to such a degree which does happen. Your ignorance towards people with autism/aespergers is showing, considering you feel qualified to pass such harsh judgement of her. Perhaps educate yourself on the condition you’re dealing with a little more.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Nope. I'll just say it again. A cost/benefit analysis by anyoneother than a grumpy moron would show that the environmental cost of Greta's travels is far outweighed by the beneficial publicity for climate change. Go Greta!
For the believers, the debate is closed, and exhortation has segued into excommunication. No more catty humor, like that on display in the unforgettable bumper sticker from the 1970s: “Save the Planet! Kill yourself!” Those who reject the faith are “climate-change deniers,” as in “denying the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:23). Relate Climatism to Judeo-Christianity, and the psycho-structural analogies abound. <snip>Today, the harbingers of doom are armed with assumptions, models, and data. Melting ice will raise sea levels, swallowing coasts and islands. What the floods spare will be devastated by droughts or hurricanes. The most recent sign from up high is the darkened skies over the Amazon’s rain forests, the “lungs of the world,” which presages collective death by asphyxiation. For the first iteration of this threat, one need only go back to Revelation 6:13: “The sun became black, and the whole moon became as blood.”source
Pa ElGrande wrote: » You said anyone? Why don't you try or are you said grumpy moron?
KyussB wrote: » Well lads, apparently science is just religion - and scientific research, projections and evidence don't matter then. If we simply believe strongly enough that climate change isn't real, then we'll all be grand. Great, so.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » Why do you keep bringing up ASD when most posters, including the one you quoted, have not? Nobody cares about her autism, it doesn’t define her. No need for such aggression towards the poster.
Carol25 wrote: » Do you mean it’s doesn’t suit the argument against her, or the uncomfortable truth that people on this thread are mocking someone with autism? Of course it doesn’t define her, but it’s part of her and so are the symptoms. I’m bringing it up because what her Dad described is a symptom of ASD, simple. The previous poster was implying it was all rubbish and belittled her father’s contribution to the interview.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » It’s kind of typical of what I see from poor parents, oh little my little Johnny has autism, that’s why he’s so bold. When really it’s crap parenting.
Professor Moriarty wrote: » Hahaha! You just can't fix stupid.
