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Saturday, 19 December 2009 11:02
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Dear Reader, you’ve probably caught on to the events in Copenhagen. If you haven’t kept yourself informed, shame on you; spend less time on random sites and more time on news ones.
In a nutshell, this is the issue – we live in a highly technology-dependant global society which is based primarily on the consumption of crude oil. Besides the fact that it is a non-renewable resource and we aren’t implementing alternative technology, everything connected to our oil use, combined with our exponentially growing population, a slow suicide which will take our world with us.
After years of pressure, the world’s top brass have finally met to try do something. Everybody is hoping for a good outcome. A lot of people are in Copenhagen to keep the pressure on our beloved big cheeses. In my opinion, it’s too little, too slow. I’d go as far as to advocate dropping a bomb on the whole thing to get rid of those politicians. I’m not usually violent or aggressive in my beliefs, dear reader, and I will attempt to explain.
The whole of our global society is geared and run to produce profit and growth. Always more growth, always more profit, always more hummers to cater to rich people’s egos. The is simply unsustainable… any reasonably intelligent 10-year-old should be able to grasp that. One planet with ever increasing population and industry can only lead in one direction. The people in charge are the people that are best at it… big companies like Shell, the US military-industrial complex etc. These are all run like any good dictatorship: the orders come from the top.
At the same time, everyone makes a lot of noise about democracy. Historically speaking, ‘democratic’ leaders operate in the short-term. Their aim doesn’t go much beyond their re-election, and they are intimately connected with all the other high and mighty folk… those that look down at us ordinary people and decide how our lives should run. Now they’re meeting in the rich north, far from the ravages of rising sea-levels and tropical poverty, desert hardship and the hell of African poverty, and all trying to get something that will benefit them, or harm them least, rather than seriously attempting to find a solution. The first problem I see… they have a limited time. If the world hangs in balance, surely they should stay in conference until they have a result!
Personally, I think they should be put in a boat and made to row to an island (no carbon emissions from private jets that way, you see). That might teach them how to co-operate. Then they should stay on that island, living subsistence lifestyles and discussing until they have an agreement. The rising sea-levels would surely be an encouragement. This is what should happen. It never will. I fear for our children. Hell, I fear for us. Comments (6)
  written by kuchema, December 20, 2009
Wow. The enlightened and discerning nature of your constructive criticism leaves me breathless.
 written by Jawellnofine, December 22, 2009
does "If you haven’t kept yourself informed, shame on you; spend less time on random sites and more time on news ones." ring a bell!?
written by kuchema, December 22, 2009  I wrote it, so it should. Don't see how it's humbug or accusation. More a mock-stern admonishment. I think people shouldn't take something like that, which is directed at the public rather than one individual, as a personal attack. And if they do and engage in dialogue, also good.
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