School childrens strike supporting climate change

[stui magpie]

[ronrat]

When i was high school student we had protests about the Vietnam conflict (we were not all keen to go and shoot people And we were not all keen on the fur trade. If kids want to have a say let them.

[Skids]

And that's fair enough Rat. But then, they didn't run out and shoot someone, did they?

These kids are mounting a protest against global warming policy, or lack there of... then.

They can't get by without; a new phone every year, air con on in the car, even when it's only 26 degrees outside, a tv in their bedroom... I could go on and on... they line up in cars at maccas, to buy fast food and throw the rubbish out the window... I know, I see it every day when I walk my dog.

I think; recycling, better rubbish management, less updating your phone every 12 months, ... basic, common sense stuff, is more important than staging futile protests.

DO Something about what you believe in, don't bitch about it.

[David]

[watt price tully]

When i was high school student we had protests about the Vietnam conflict (we were not all keen to go and shoot people And we were not all keen on the fur trade. If kids want to have a say let them.

That's the point. Hence my earlier post about the histrionic reaction from others be it on Nicks or other media about some school kids demonstating their concerns about climate change.

Remarkable.

Then again I recall the moratorium demonstrations back in the early 70's and the public reaction in some quarters about that. (that's for another thread)

[think positive]

To all the school kids going on "strike" for Climate Change.

You are the first generation who have required air-conditioning in every classroom.

You want TV in every room and your classes are all computerised.

You spend all day and night on electronic devices.

More than ever, you don't walk or ride bikes to school but arrive in caravans of private cars that choke suburban roads and worsen rush hour traffic.

You are the biggest consumers of manufactured goods ever and update perfectly good expensive luxury items to stay trendy.

Your entertainment comes from electric devices.

Furthermore, the people driving your protests are the same people who insist on artificially inflating the population growth through immigration, which increases the need for energy, manufacturing and transport.

The more people we have, the more forest and bushland we clear and more of the environment is destroyed.

How about this...

Tell your teachers to switch off the air-con.
Walk or ride to school.

Switch off your devices and read a book.

Make a sandwich instead of buying manufactured fast food.

No, none of this will happen because you are selfish, badly educated, virtue signalling little turds, inspired by the adults around you who crave a feeling of having a "noble cause" while they indulge themselves in Western luxury and unprecedented quality of life."

Wake up, grow up and shut up until you are sure of the facts before protesting.

You can't blame the school kids for most of those points. It's the adults who brought in the air-conditioning in classrooms, the parents who insist on driving their cherished ones to school (often in a stupid 4WD), buy all the stupid consumables for them to throw away, introduce and refuse to monitor internet or other screen usage.

Yes, they can take it upon themselves to change those habits, but as mentioned, they were introduced and nurtured by the adults "looking after" them, which is why they are self-indulgent, spoilt brats.

However, the gist of the protest was climate change denialism, which is conveniently absent from the facebook rant.

um, you didnt quote me, you quoted what i quoted, please dont shorten a post like that!

i said a lot of it is true, but not that i agree with it.

as WPT said, i cant believe anyone could get upset about these kids. It doenst matter what motivated them to think as long as they think, thats how revolutions start.

there is a couple of threads here at the moment with some mind boggling opinions, this and the Me Too one come immediately to mind. Anyone who doesnt think global warming is a problem should take a trip to the Glaciers, or just googled the polar caps, the shrinkage is scary. And any decrease in pollution is a good thing for more than just that reason, do people not care about the world our kids are growing up in?

Im sure if i look hard enough someone whinged about the school kids from Florida and their anti gun protest. get the next generation thinking. Its working with cigarettes, how is this a bad thing? who are they hurting?

[think positive]

When i was high school student we had protests about the Vietnam conflict (we were not all keen to go and shoot people And we were not all keen on the fur trade. If kids want to have a say let them.

That's the point. Hence my earlier post about the histrionic reaction from others be it on Nicks or other media about some school kids demonstating their concerns about climate change.

Remarkable.

Then again I recall the moratorium demonstrations back in the early 70's and the public reaction in some quarters about that. (that's for another thread)

yup

[David]

Im sure if i look hard enough someone whinged about the school kids from Florida and their anti gun protest.

Wanna bet? (That is to say, you don't have to look very hard.)

[thesoretoothsayer]

In related news:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... y-academic

[HAL]

I do not understand that allusion.

[Pi]

In related news:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... y-academic

I'm not sure the dear professor has thought it through all that well.
conservatives generally have more children and at age six they probably wont vote the way he wants.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/stud ... ther-right

[HAL]

Why not?

[Pies4shaw]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/ ... l/10585744

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/201 ... g/10581980

Here is the US Government's own administration's most recent climate change assessment: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/

Enjoy. All preferably read on your air-conditioned ark.

[David]

[roar]

um, you didnt quote me, you quoted what i quoted, please dont shorten a post like that!

i said a lot of it is true, but not that i agree with it.

Sorry TP, my post wasn't aimed at you directly but rather, the rant you quoted.