[Imc-uk-features] feature proposal: A Taste Of Things To Come

[startx]

On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:39:04 +0100
WietsE <wietse at indymedia.org> wrote:

> Hiya,
> 
> I'd like to propose this feature about the recent floods and climate 
> change to the UK, Notts and Sheffield site as well as the climate
> chaos topic.
> 
> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/NottsFeaturePage2
> 
> Cheers, Wietse
> 

hi everybody.

a quick response as its late but i have serious objections against 
this feature: not the climate change is not an important issue, but i
cannot see any movement related issues the the feature as it is. the
feature is almost only referring to very
suspicious sources as tabloid press, stupid politicians, and lots of 
links to mainstream media as the star and bbc.

> Even the tabloids are linking the storms to climate change. The
> Mirror reported that "Flood damage is becoming more common because of
> global warming" while warning that insurance companies will
> increasingly refuse to insure homes built on flood plains.

well, some tabloiad reported that "the sun will explode soon" or that 
the end of the world is near (thats a tabloid issue once a year at
least). if you want to convince people that climate change is a
serious issue, better dont quote such sources.

> (former) Prime Minister, Tony Blair said that he thought the floods
> were related to such major global issues in his joint press
> conference with Arnold Schwarzenegger. While the met office warns of
> further storms to come during the next week, 

uuh, i wouldnt believe blair or schwarzenegger even if they say the
earth is ball-shaped.

> Sir David King warned
> that in the long-term, as Greenland ice disappeared, rising sea
> levels would wipe out Britain's coastal town and cities. "The message
> that climate change is the biggest change our civilisation has ever
> had to face up to is getting out there.

sorry again, it might be somehow true, but britain will probably one of
the last countries in the world suffering under climate change, before
that happens, millions of poeple will be dead in asia and other
countries of the global south. there might be some truth in what he
says, but well ... 

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