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Post by martin44 on Sept 26, 2019 21:45:42 GMT
angry Greta Thunberg? what an embarrassing spectacle... school kids marching up and down the streets in penguin outfits next i would imagine.. OH.. surprise surprise. when are the govts going to get real and start treating us like adults and have a grown up, expansive discussion about how we can all work with and minimise climate change, rather than subject us to "snowflake" propaganda.  |
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Post by adrianc on Sept 27, 2019 8:16:08 GMT
when are the govts going to get real and start treating us like adults and have a grown up, expansive discussion about how we can all work with and minimise climate change, rather than subject us to "snowflake" propaganda. Perhaps when people stop trying to pretend it isn't happening? But, frankly, I'm not sure various current governments are capable of having a grown-up discussion about anything.
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Post by Godanubis on Oct 5, 2019 1:45:01 GMT
angry Greta Thunberg? what an embarrassing spectacle... school kids marching up and down the streets in penguin outfits next i would imagine.. OH.. surprise surprise. when are the govts going to get real and start treating us like adults and have a grown up, expansive discussion about how we can all work with and minimise climate change, rather than subject us to "snowflake" propaganda. Greta will go the way of all “Bergs” and slowly melt away (Sorry now quickly melt away) 
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Post by corto on Oct 5, 2019 6:24:24 GMT
Bergs are mountains. They don't melt. They even outlive the minor gods.
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Post by Godanubis on Oct 5, 2019 9:07:28 GMT
Bergs are mountains. They don't melt. They even outlive the minor gods. I think you will find that “Berg” is an abbreviation for iceberg Meaning of berg
Also over time as stated “Slowly “ Mountains dissolve away synonymous with melting. Good try but no goldfish (Even if they are not going extinct)
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Post by ilmoro on Oct 5, 2019 9:28:42 GMT
Bergs are mountains. They don't melt. They even outlive the minor gods. I think you will find that “Berg” is an abbreviation for iceberg Meaning of berg
Also over time as stated “Slowly “ Mountains dissolve away synonymous with melting. Good try but no goldfish (Even if they are not going extinct) Context dear boy, context. Greta is Swedish, where berg means mountain. 
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Post by corto on Oct 5, 2019 9:31:58 GMT
Berg means mountain in Swedish
Thun means to hurry, to dart along
A rock that acts fast
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Post by Godanubis on Oct 5, 2019 9:59:15 GMT
Berg means mountain in Swedish Thun means to hurry, to dart along A rock that acts fast She may be Swedish my primary language is English. Thunberg could also be “THE BRUNG” which could mean the one who persuades
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2019 11:57:59 GMT
What is amusing is that there are many "white American males" who really struggle with being told off by women and in this case a young women/old girl. Now if she was black they could just ignore her, but because she is white and (due to family) wealthy they actually have only the "she is a women" to complain about. The women hatred and self-entitlement of some American men has to be seen to be believed.
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Post by martin44 on Oct 7, 2019 19:07:00 GMT
Young Greta looked (maybe a year or so ago) to be the perfect face for the climate change populous... i have a uneasy feeling she will be "manipulated" into becoming an extremely angry version of.... say... Paula Sherriff , shouting and bawling and achieving nothing.
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Post by martin44 on Oct 7, 2019 19:14:32 GMT
Having some food with my wife this evening, sky news (no volume and subtitles) seemed to have a mad woman on from the extinction rebellion crew forecasting Armageddon.. i think.  |
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Post by cb25 on Oct 7, 2019 19:27:31 GMT
Having some food with my wife this evening, sky news (no volume and subtitles) seemed to have a mad woman on from the extinction rebellion crew forecasting Armageddon.. i think. XR come across to me as a bunch of mostly white, liberal anti-capitalists with a splash of green issues added. Inconveniencing people as their major tactic isn't going to get them anywhere (other than a cell if we're lucky). I'm waiting for them to present even a single achievable, costed option that people will buy into. Clearly lots of low cost things they could suggest, e.g go vegan or don't fly, but the public aren't going to go for those.
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Post by dan1 on Oct 8, 2019 8:36:13 GMT
This thread has opened my eyes to the correlation between views on climate change and brexit. I'm not sure I took the correlation seriously before now but a handful of posters prompted further reading and the polling suggests it's real. I guess the same applies to views on Trump, another figure that appears to polarise people.
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Personally, I think stuff like fracking is pretty much dead in the UK before it has really got started,... and not because of the earthquakes, inherent profitability, public reception to further development of fossil fuels, but simply the cost in policing such activities/enforced shutdowns due to protests.
Democracy, as we know it, may be "dead" or at least slowly dying but direct action is alive, kicking and thriving.
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Post by r00lish67 on Oct 8, 2019 8:56:15 GMT
This thread has opened my eyes to the correlation between views on climate change and brexit. I'm not sure I took the correlation seriously before now but a handful of posters prompted further reading and the polling suggests it's real. I guess the same applies to views on Trump, another figure that appears to polarise people. Trump, Brexit, and climate change all speak to the divide between liberal, facts-based, outward looking individuals and conservative feelings-based inwards looking individuals. Re: inwards/outwards looking, examples all over the place e.g. Climate change - Outward: "The scientific consensus is really worrying as it looks like we're on a really damaging path" Inward: "Scientists/news are always going on about the end of the world, nothing's ever happened to me. Could do with a bit of warming here right now!" Brexit - Outward: "If we have No-Deal, it's going to be massively damaging to parts of the economy and harm the UK's long-term prospects" Inward: " My job's gonna be ok / I have a fat guaranteed pension, and the news is always full of lies anyway" Trump - Outward: " He's a misogynistic racist who has horrible policies that affect various groups of people severely" Inward "Yeah, but he likes me".I should clarify that there's nothing inherently wrong about being inward-looking. Being inward-looking can protect united cultural values, promote cultural cohesion, and a basis to 'all pull together'. We need both types of people, but what's unfortunately happening at the moment is a culture war between the two led by those with interests in driving us apart.
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Post by adrianc on Oct 8, 2019 8:56:17 GMT
This thread has opened my eyes to the correlation between views on climate change and brexit. I'm not sure I took the correlation seriously before now but a handful of posters prompted further reading and the polling suggests it's real. I guess the same applies to views on Trump, another figure that appears to polarise people. Yep, definite correlation there. See also: views on "political correctness" in most forms.
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