Extinction Rebellion

inbetween said:
99% of everything that has ever lived is already extinct. There are numerous examples of almost 70+% extinction events and that is well before humans came along. The negative impact of humans is laughable when you look at the Earths history.

Even in our own personal existence we only see what 70-80 years? That's like a grain of sand on a beach in the Earths history. For some planets that time perid is an entire day.

These things seem to cross over into a weird kind of religious debate as though mother nature is looking after us and we need to be nice to her.

In actual fact 'she' doesn't exist and nature will kill us if the natural order of events are right (or wrong), ask the dinosaurs.

The fact is nature is brutal and life is both extremely short and rare so we just need to enjoy it the best we can because in the end no-one is going to live to tell the tale.
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Completely correct.
 
inbetween said:
99% of everything that has ever lived is already extinct. There are numerous examples of almost 70+% extinction events and that is well before humans came along. The negative impact of humans is laughable when you look at the Earths history.

Even in our own personal existence we only see what 70-80 years? That's like a grain of sand on a beach in the Earths history. For some planets that time perid is an entire day.

These things seem to cross over into a weird kind of religious debate as though mother nature is looking after us and we need to be nice to her.

In actual fact 'she' doesn't exist and nature will kill us if the natural order of events are right (or wrong), ask the dinosaurs.

The fact is nature is brutal and life is both extremely short and rare so we just need to enjoy it the best we can because in the end no-one is going to live to tell the tale.
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Well you’re a ray of fucking sunshine.

Instead of bringing up the dinosaurs, woolly mammoths et al how about we just take a bit of care over the environment and try not to shit where we live. We all like nice air to breath, temperate weather and pleasant oceans to sit beside. It’s not a complex message. It’s not a con job. Just some common sense.
 
inchy14 said:
Its a fucking myth for fucks sake!!

The planet for humans to live on in the quantity we are may well end up being fucked but the planet on its own will continue just in a different guise.

I'm sick of hearing how we're fucking the planet up when what people mean is we might not survive on it, it alone will be here for a fucking long time after we've all passed on.
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Wow
 
BobKowalski said:
Well you’re a ray of fucking sunshine.

Instead of bringing up the dinosaurs, woolly mammoths et al how about we just take a bit of care over the environment and try not to shit where we live. We all like nice air to breath, temperate weather and pleasant oceans to sit beside. It’s not a complex message. It’s not a con job. Just some common sense.
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My point previously though is we are already doing it, we are already doing everything we can and we in the UK only contribute to 1% of the problem.

China is worth 30% of the problem and the US is 25% so why don't ER go and camp in front of the White House or Tiananmen square where I'm sure they will be far better received?

Some idiot this morning on the radio said they were protesting in a meat market because HE doesn't believe in eating meat. When asked about the livelihoods he was ruining he just said well we need to get used to not eating meat, wtf?!

It's all a con job for nutters who just want to pontificate and tell us how we should live on many issues, not just climate change.

Yeah we all want clean air and all these things but I don't want to become a hobo to get it, I'd rather die to be honest.
 
Their profile is certainly being elevated by people feeling compelled to pick holes in their approach, as well as those in support.

Their PR team will be delighted.
 
inbetween said:
My point previously though is we are already doing it, we are already doing everything we can and we in the UK only contribute to 1% of the problem.

China is worth 30% of the problem and the US is 25% so why don't ER go and camp in front of the White House or Tiananmen square where I'm sure they will be far better received?

Some idiot this morning on the radio said they were protesting in a meat market because HE doesn't believe in eating meat. When asked about the livelihoods he was ruining he just said well we need to get used to not eating meat, wtf?!

It's all a con job for nutters who just want to pontificate and tell us how we should live on many issues, not just climate change.

Yeah we all want clean air and all these things but I don't want to become a hobo to get it, I'd rather die to be honest.
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Gave up reading everything else after the quite laughable first sentence.
 
blueinsa said:
You shout at clouds?
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This is why debating anything with you is pointless.

You’re in one of “those” moods tonight.

I’m guessing you will be at the heart of multiple threads being pulled tonight.

For that reason, I’m out. Enjoy your cumulus shouting.
 
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