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"In 1997 the world’s leaders signed the Kyoto protocol, with Bill
Clinton declaring “a commitment from our generation to act in the
interests of future generations”. More emissions have been released
since that agreement than in all of previous history.
How petty, how small, how childish do those politicians with the
temerity to attack Greta Thunberg look! She speaks for science, idealism
and hope; they embody an ignorance or cynicism so deep as to constitute
depravity.
The ecological disaster that confronts us today extends way beyond
climate. Some scientists speak of the “sixth extinction event” – but, as
Justin McBrien argued, that phrase isn’t accurate.
We might less euphemistically discuss a “first extermination event”.
Nature is not dying so much as being killed, by people who know
perfectly well what they’re doing.
The need for protests could not be more urgent – and, at last, they’re
happening. The global strike provides a perfect antidote to the despair
so many of us have felt for so long."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
