I think it's quite clear she's being manipulated. Don't know what her parents are thinking. If mine were as autistic as her, I'd have put a stop to that long ago. Anyway - it's not a very cheerful subject considering the title of this thread.
My only RTBC today is that I've finally put my shelves up in the kitchen. Ony taken me three years....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lets pick on a young girl who is trying to do some good in this world rather than focus on the real issues eh? If Greta killed herself to stop her personal impact on the planet the press would still take her to pieces about the suicide method she used.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I do think Greta comes across as a bit po-faced and self-important (many teenagers do take themselves far to seriously) but do admire her commitment and the fact she is highlighting important issues to a wider audience. However, why couldn’t she have done a live presentation/video link for questions from her home town rather than exposing herself to the charge of hypocrisy by all that international travel/crew flying palaver.
My RTBC is just that I am cheerful and content today, having grubbed around in the garden accompanied by the dogs for most of the day, now with a glass of chilled white wine in hand, thinking about lighting the log burner. Simple pleasures.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Just received the glad news from a good friend that his troubled and troublesome stepson was acquitted today of the false charges brought against him by some ill-chosen "friends".
Nobody is perfect so, instead of judging ateenager for not thinking everything thru, maybe we can evaluate the positives. She has spoken out, been noticed and woken up allsorts of people to the dire state the planet is in. She has activated young and old to protest, to call on governments to change their policies and made people think about how they consume energy.
She's great. I hope she carrries on embarrassing politicians and big business for many years to come and I hope the young who are protesting with her are heard too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Nobody is perfect so, instead of judging ateenager for not thinking everything thru, maybe we can evaluate the positives. She has spoken out, been noticed and woken up allsorts of people to the dire state the planet is in. She has activated young and old to protest, to call on governments to change their policies and made people think about how they consume energy.
She's great. I hope she carrries on embarrassing politicians and big business for many years to come and I hope the young who are protesting with her are heard too.
She hasn't raised anything which hadn't already been said, far more effectively, by Sir David Attenborough in Blue Planet 2. He did it without hectoring everybody.
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Anyway - it's not a very cheerful subject considering the title of this thread.
My only RTBC today is that I've finally put my shelves up in the kitchen. Ony taken me three years....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Maybe we should have our own poll for " person of the year"
My RTBC is just that I am cheerful and content today, having grubbed around in the garden accompanied by the dogs for most of the day, now with a glass of chilled white wine in hand, thinking about lighting the log burner. Simple pleasures.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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She's great. I hope she carrries on embarrassing politicians and big business for many years to come and I hope the young who are protesting with her are heard too.
Am I alone in that?