What Planet These People On

[teacake44]

Yet again we have another country burning to the ground.,And yet still we have people complaining they are not able to get on a polluting plane to go on their so called well earned holiday abroad. Incredible greed and selfishness.

[teacake44]

Well means you don't seem to have seen the latest, the TV report this morning showed hundreds of Greeks all in one big building, like cattle in a shed with fire on all sides.

[dannyk13]

TC, I don't watch morning television.Forgive the unpardonable sin of not knowing about everything happening in the world at any given moment.

[teacake44]

And I was very sure that one poster ann would pop in with a big spoon, in an effort to get me going, it won't work my dear you've tried so many times before, even in your attempt to get me banned, you failed.

[calmck]

Unfortunately these wild fires come every year. Can be caused by lightening strike, like the big Yellowstone one, carelessness with outdoor cooking or arson. There have always been summer fires and there always will be. We have them here, in fact just had two and one was a discarded cigarette.

[teacake44]

Well you know now, up to a point, but if you've not seen it in its entirety then will not be able to comment any further.

[Ryzen]

Unregulated campers are usually to blame.

[webbo3]

Its called weather, Greece has had forest fires before.

[Bobbisox1]

TC won’t listen, it’s her way or the highway

[teacake44]

calmck Your input is welcome and valued, and what you say is true up to a point, but we, and all can't accept that being the main reason any more, and would be fools to believe otherwise

[pastafreak]

Well Anne, it is in Chatterbank so the direction it's gone in should be no surprise. Unfortunately the Ed is not here to move it out of the nonsense category...unless of course nonsense answers were the desire?

[teacake44]

If anyone can't stick to the op, and is here just to make personal attacks on my thread good bye

[andres]

I agree totally with teacake. It must be heartbreaking for the people watching their homes burning . Don't forget the animals that are being burnt alive. Why on earth is a holiday so important to some people?

[Ryzen]

Hot exhausts..on dry grass and dripping oil. Never a good combination...should be banned!!

[pastafreak]

Maybe the OP should stick to the right category. And goodbye to you too.

[teacake44]

May be if the thread is still ongoing in the morning the ED can move it to current affairs or such and the personal attacks can be controlled/ reported?

[Bobbisox1]

Andres I don’t know your age or TC s for that matter but as my husband was 80 recently and I’ll be 75 in November, I’d say holidays are important to us

[anneasquith]

Pasta, I don’t know why tc bothers, I think no matter what topic they are in they get shouted down. I m h o . Staying on subject, the uncontrollable fires coming from popular holiday destinations with British are horrendous . Very sad .

[Mamyalynne]

No personal attack from me and hope fully it can be moved to News or Current Affairs tomorrow.

It truly is an awful tragedy being played out and I feel for all those involved.


https://news.sky.com/story/disaster-movie-in-greece-death-and-devastation-as-wildfires-rage-across-the-world-12376319

[teacake44]

andres, In most cases if not all, its about prestige nothing more. Its not the holiday they want, its the bragging before they go abroad, and the bragging thats done when they come back.

[calmck]

Holidays are important for many reasons, a break from work, a break from being a carer, a break from a difficult situation. How people take their break is for them to decide. We had lives and livelihoods lost in a fire here but tourism is a source of employment for many here. Many are having a hard time given Covid. What would you like them to do? Greece is also heavily reliant on tourism.