Wednesday, December 19, 2007

George Monbiot: "Al Gore's a twat"

Its a gross bit of paraphrasing, but that's essentially the gist of George's position.

So, climate change is upon us. Millions of people are going to die in my lifetime, coral reefs are going to be virtually wiped out, food prices are going to explode and the oil is going to run out without any viable alternative being available to replace it. All because politicians are greedy, self-serving little shits and the corporations which obstruct political progress to line the pockets of multi-millionaire shareholders do so with their blessing.

This isn't going to be one of my open-ended rants. I'd like to propose a course of action to remedy the situation. If you printed half a dozen powerful polemics- and we're certainly not short of those- and posted them through the letterboxes of a hundred people together with a request for the recipients to print them again and forward the same information, I wonder how far it would get.

Not bloody very is my gut feeling. Because people don't care. The morality of the Western world has been so sabotaged by mass media and political disenfranchisement that people wouldn't imagine for one second that the matters discussed here are of any importance to their lives. The winner of X-factor or the latest soap drama or whichever footballer has recently been caught raping some innocent / had an obscene pay rise / knocked someone out in a drunken brawl / been caught sniffing coke / etc.

Anyone out there still at all uncertain about why I'm so angry?

Its like murder but more drawn out and callous.

3 comments:

  1. Yes i am still a little confused at your anger. the problem with the western world is that people tend to beleive what they see and NOT what they are told. Right now they see record cold winters, cool summers, dropping sea levels and a global temp which has not rissen since 2005.

    Why then, i ask, should we worry about global warming?

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  2. ok i get it, this is not one of those blogs where people can start discussions. Its your way or the highway...Al Gore takes the same stance, the big fat twat!

    love and peace X

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  3. You are a rude, conflicted and egotistical little man aren’t you. I shall bother you no more, but not, I hasten to add on account of being a retard, which I assure you I am not, but rather to save you from posting any more vulgar and nonsensical replies to my posts.

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