Power Play.. Archived Message Posted by Gerard on October 9, 2020, 11:12 am, in reply to "I thought it was a typo.nm" I just can’t stand the assumption of power such actions represent…don’t they understand that they will always stand in the way of significant change whilst they cling on to shibboleths such as benign monarchical leadership? They are not “part of the solution” almost all (moot), environmental damage has its roots in inequality (esp. economic), and monarchy represents continuance for the notion that “some animals are more equal than others”…such an attitude is also partial and immensely condescending… It’s dangerous nonsense to maintain otherwise…Sir merely exemplifies the maxim “you only have to scratch a liberal to find the Fascist underneath”…I’ve all the time in the world for his non-political work but Attenborough should stay out of politics…it’s not his field and he should defer to those it is… …and by “partial” I really do mean that the perspective “Earthshot” exemplifies represents only a fraction of the issues that we face environmentally as it doesn’t tackle the anachronistic scientific base that characterises the current (redundant), paradigm…a paradigm that must change if humanity is to survive the crisis…you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear David (and others), please stop trying…you’re screwing things up for people like (myself), who have been working these problems all their lives (and have actually been educated in the relevant fields of study), … G Message Thread: Nobody Talking about #Earthshot? - Gerard October 8, 2020, 6:54 pm I thought it was a typo.nm - ceemac666 October 8, 2020, 8:05 pm Power Play.. - Gerard October 9, 2020, 11:12 am Open Letter - Gerard October 9, 2020, 8:11 pm   Searching