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Amazon Is Burning
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It's taken a while to report on it. I think this report came out because of how social media shared the fact that the amazon rainforest is burnign and has been for a number of days, yet no one has reported on it.
Yet when a pointless building that has no benefit to life on this earth was burning, all hands were on deck to give money, support and attention to notre dam.
The worlds priorities are messed up.
The smoke can be seen from space.
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Yet when a pointless building that has no benefit to life on this earth was burning, all hands were on deck to give money, support and attention to notre dam.
The worlds priorities are messed up.
The smoke can be seen from space.
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I don't think there's a need to invoke media cover-ups. Forest fires are at least partly a natural occurrence, so the fact that some of the Amazon was on fire was not in itself a reason to report on it. What is unusual is the scale of the fires, and by definition that takes a while to ascertain.
Also the link to Notre Dame is just stupid. It was in the middle of a huge city: hundreds and thousands of people will have seen it instantly.
Also the link to Notre Dame is just stupid. It was in the middle of a huge city: hundreds and thousands of people will have seen it instantly.
nothing we can do Spath. the Brazilians knowingly and democratically elected Jair Bolsonaro to be their president, notwithstanding his known views on environmentalism and his attitude to the outside world's views of his agribusiness policy:-
"the Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment. No country in the world has the moral right to talk about the Amazon...."
"the Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment. No country in the world has the moral right to talk about the Amazon...."
No, it is not -- and the possibility that it's related to recent Brazilian government policy is particularly troubling. I'm angry at the short-sightedness of Bolsonaro's policies on the Amazon: exploit now, ruin now, pay for it later when the present generation have moved on. And he's cynically blaming everybody else but him and his regime.
What I am annoyed about too, though, is the constant need for everyone to invoke a media conspiracy whenever a story takes slightly slower to break than you'd like. If anything I'd be more troubled if stories broke in the mainstream media *before* they made smaller outlets or social media.
What I am annoyed about too, though, is the constant need for everyone to invoke a media conspiracy whenever a story takes slightly slower to break than you'd like. If anything I'd be more troubled if stories broke in the mainstream media *before* they made smaller outlets or social media.
go ahead talk Spath - but what can you do? the EU and various European leaders have made noises, like threatening Brazil with all sorts of retribution - but when it came down to it, the Mercosur agreement turned out to be more important than environment, and they wound their necks in.
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To describe Notre Dame as a pointless building with no benefit is as arrogant and stupid as the Brazilians saying the rainforest is nothing to with us(Europe). The French don't feel that way about Notre Dame for starters.
As for what's going on the Amazon it is tragic but geographical location makes it very hard to get there and protest or help - unlike something going on in the middle of Paris.
As for what's going on the Amazon it is tragic but geographical location makes it very hard to get there and protest or help - unlike something going on in the middle of Paris.
"o describe Notre Dame as a pointless building with no benefit is as arrogant and stupid as the Brazilians saying the rainforest is nothing to with us(Europe)."
You obviously have little idea how relevant the amazon is to the entire globe then, to the survival of the globe also...
Unlike a bloody church.
You obviously have little idea how relevant the amazon is to the entire globe then, to the survival of the globe also...
Unlike a bloody church.
Amazon Is Burning ? Must be them there books.
I don't believe one can compare an accident destroying a created work of art with a natural disaster such as forest fires. Forests tend to recover from such things. The bigger issue is the deliberate clearing for profit (and then blaming consumers for buying what's on the shop shelves).
Oh and it is an unthinking quote. Europe was being cleared when we had no idea of the consequences. Now we're planting trees. Brazil can't claim not to know what they are doing, yet imply they should be allowed to carry on without comment, knowing it will cause global problems. A bit like saying, you shut up, you had slaves in the past so we're having them now to catch up.
I don't believe one can compare an accident destroying a created work of art with a natural disaster such as forest fires. Forests tend to recover from such things. The bigger issue is the deliberate clearing for profit (and then blaming consumers for buying what's on the shop shelves).
Oh and it is an unthinking quote. Europe was being cleared when we had no idea of the consequences. Now we're planting trees. Brazil can't claim not to know what they are doing, yet imply they should be allowed to carry on without comment, knowing it will cause global problems. A bit like saying, you shut up, you had slaves in the past so we're having them now to catch up.
I'm well aware of the importance of the amazon - why did you have to bring Notre Dame into it? Pointless and you are the clearly misinformed one if you think it's meaningless. You do not speak for the French.
You'd have got admiration and support for raising the issue of the fire - there was no requirement to diss something else to justify it.
You'd have got admiration and support for raising the issue of the fire - there was no requirement to diss something else to justify it.
