[Niamh.]

Why are people getting so offended by people wanting to tackle global warming/the environment?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why are people getting so offended by people wanting to tackle global warming/the environment?

They are not telling me Anything
I do not already know,




I am way ahead of them
No way can we increase Electric Cars
without a Big UK Discount.
Parliament runs all this
not Middle Class Protester Fascists

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why are people getting so offended by people wanting to tackle global warming/the environment?

Last time the eco warriors disrupted the capital they left a sea of rubbish behind them, plastics mostly. Marching through London with a banner isn't going to stop China dumping plastic into the sea, destroying coral reefs by a myriad of measures, being the biggest market for illegal ivory and rhino horn... I think the UK is doing a lot to combat global warming and individually I think people are awake to the fact that we all have to help. I think that it alienates those of us who do what we can for the environment for people to march when the sun's out and not take their crap home with them... and then have them held up as heroes.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Last time the eco warriors disrupted the capital they left a sea of rubbish behind them, plastics mostly. Marching through London with a banner isn't going to stop China dumping plastic into the sea, destroying coral reefs by a myriad of measures, being the biggest market for illegal ivory and rhino horn... I think the UK is doing a lot to combat global warming and individually I think people are awake to the fact that we all have to help. I think that it alienates those of us who do what we can for the environment for people to march when the sun's out and not take their crap home with them... and then have them held up as heroes.

I presume these people are British though not Chinese?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I presume these people are British though not Chinese?

Yes, I expect they are. Because a protest like this would never be allowed in China. So maybe target their embassy. At least then some Chinese people will see it, despite China's control of the web.

The Blue Planet nearly broke the Internet in China and since then, groups of Chinese people have got together to think about how they can reduce waste and clean up the oceans. Pressure groups such as these are not usually allowed in China, but I think the government gauged the strength of feeling about the pollution of the oceans and have allowed these groups to meet. We need more of that. Once people know the problem and know what they can do, they'll do it, mostly. And I think the UK is already very aware both of the problem and what we can do about it.

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

Last time the eco warriors disrupted the capital they left a sea of rubbish behind them, plastics mostly. Marching through London with a banner isn't going to stop China dumping plastic into the sea, destroying coral reefs by a myriad of measures, being the biggest market for illegal ivory and rhino horn... I think the UK is doing a lot to combat global warming and individually I think people are awake to the fact that we all have to help. I think that it alienates those of us who do what we can for the environment for people to march when the sun's out and not take their crap home with them... and then have them held up as heroes.

[The Slim Reaper]

This "protesting is pointless because other people exist in the world" is hilarious.

Mothers demand action against pedophillia - pointless, America has more than we do so protest them instead.

Mothers demand action against unsmoked Bacon - but Denmark make loads of Bacon

Mothers demand action against racism - but other countries are racist so what's the point?

It's the most small-minded way of looking at the world imaginable. Too busy looking over your neighbours fence to realise your own garden is a **** tip.