Greta

[MWG14]

Doesn’t that Swedish person ever go to school or does she think she knows it all already?


She’s off to Davos now for a world summit.

[Mozz71]

//Whether she is right or wrong is not really the issue, the majority of adults resent being lectured to by children//

And sadly, a lot of those people have decided that because of that, the point she's making is to be ignored. Even David Attenborough has been derided in some quarters, and he's a national treasure.

[Canary42]

Danny -> 4D = Dumbs, Dinosaurs, Deniers, & Doubters (who are leading us to our Doom)

[New Judge]

I wonder how she got to Davos.

In her most recent slagging off directed at world leaders (principally D. Trump) she said this:

"...the world in case you hadn't noticed, is currently on fire".

She obviously hadn't noticed that (a) there is more to the world than South-East Australia and (b) most of the fires there are now out, extinguished by the recent heavy rain.

Still, it was a good one-liner, probably written before the heavens opened.

[emmie]

she was supposed to be going back to school last time i read anything about her, perhaps she thinks that she knows enough..

[woofgang]

NJ I wondered the same...how she got to Davos....also who are the other teenaged activists and how did they get there?

[ludwig]

// Whether she is right or wrong is not really the issue, the majority of adults resent being lectured to by children. //

But that's the great thing about being adults; we can ignore it because we're mature enough to do that rather than having temper tantrums and slagging the child off on social media.

[AuntPollyGrey]

She hitched a ride on Santas Sleigh ;-)

She has been responsible for some young children crying in class thinking they are going to die. She's an odious spoilt brat with obvious mental health problems pushed by parents for their own glory.
Her important message is being lost in the midst of her scare mongering and half truths.

[AuntPollyGrey]

and....if you had called me a 'child' at 17 I would have not been well pleased!

[ludwig]

//.....we can ignore it because we're mature enough to do that rather than having temper tantrums and slagging the child off on social media. //

...or then again maybe not.

[ludwig]

Is she 17? Blimey, don't they grow up quick!

[Spicerack]

50 years ago, jim, the consensus (lol) was we were heading for an Ice-age.
Let's not re-write history.

[New Judge]

//…perhaps she thinks that she knows enough..//

All children know everything. Until they grow up an start paying their own bills.

[Khandro]

N.J. //She obviously hadn't noticed that (a) there is more to the world than South-East Australia and (b) most of the fires there are now out, extinguished by the recent heavy rain.//

This rain was good news indeed, but the reason the fires were so devastating has little to do with climate change as touted by Greta, but to do with kind of green policies she would advocate. This recent article is thought provoking & well worth a read;

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/01/fight-fire-with-fire-controlled-burning-could-have-protected-australia/

[AuntPollyGrey]

Khandro - excellent point and I heard the Aboriginal people in Australia totally agree with this.

[Ellipsis]

They did controlled burning in Australia this year too. They are not completely thick. They know how to manage fires. They have a lot of experience of it. This year, conditions got the better of them ... hotter, drier and windier than normal. Hot and dry means that the fires that did start grew bigger and sent burning embers higher. Windy means that those burning embers, that already started off higher, were carried further, far beyond traditional firebreaks, into more hot, dry ground. And so the process repeated.

[Gromit]

She is 17.
Not many 17 year olds still go to school.

[Mamyalynne]

For those curious about Greta's travel arrangements.

//On January 23-25 I look forward to joining the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Especially the 65 hour train ride there and back.//

https://twitter.com/gretathunberg/status/1083452834656464897?lang=en

[Mamyalynne]

Apologies that was from last year.

[Zacs-Master]

The problem with Greta is that her message is becoming boring as it's extremely repetitive and her delivery is overwrought and simplistic.

I firmly believe there needs to be significant action on pollution and climate change but I think Greta will become 'white noise' unless she has some serious PR coaching.

[Mozz71]

//and....if you had called me a 'child' at 17 I would have not been well pleased!//

But calling her "an odious spoilt brat with obvious mental health problems" is perfectly acceptable?