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- Re: Adoramus Te, George Monbiot
Posted by Badger
on November 3, 2009, 9:38 am, in reply to "Adoramus Te, George Monbiot"Speaking as a pensioner, all I can say is that I think Monbiot is wrong about us. Denialism is clearly irrational, and may be rooted in fear of death, but it affects all ages. As do sheer ignorance, stupidity and a venal attachment to resource-greedy consumer goods.
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- Maybe it's just that the retired have enough time on their hands to be activists ? NM
Posted by jo abbess
on November 3, 2009, 10:23 am, in reply to "Re: Adoramus Te, George Monbiot"
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: Speaking as a pensioner, all I can say is that
: I think Monbiot is wrong about us. Denialism
: is clearly irrational, and may be rooted in
: fear of death, but it affects all ages. As
: do sheer ignorance, stupidity and a venal
: attachment to resource-greedy consumer
: goods.
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Posted by Chris Shaw
on November 3, 2009, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Adoramus Te, George Monbiot"Not certain you can extrapolate from your own attitude to all pensioners. There is a lot of work on death denial and modernity, seems to make sense to me.
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: Speaking as a pensioner, all I can say is that
: I think Monbiot is wrong about us. Denialism
: is clearly irrational, and may be rooted in
: fear of death, but it affects all ages. As
: do sheer ignorance, stupidity and a venal
: attachment to resource-greedy consumer
: goods.
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: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/02/climate-change-denial-clive-james
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