I give up. When wasn’t the IPCC a political activist?
Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that the experience of the Rio+20 summit proves that the political will to take action on climate change isn’t there – and argues that a new form of activism is the only answer.
The world’s leading climate scientist (sic) says governments’ reluctance to tackle the causes of climate change means they should be bypassed in favour of global ‘people power’.
Climate change was marginalised at the Rio+20 talks, in an apparent attempt by the hosts Brazil to make coming to a final agreement as straightforward as possible – mindful of how controversial the topic has become.
A friend of mine says that the difference between a ‘protester’ and an ‘activist’ is that the activist presents a moving target.
So, when the will of a majority of the ignorant masses is at odds with that of the political eminences, democracy no longer applies, and their eminences find other ways to enforce their will in the name of protecting the masses from themselves.
Democracy is nothing but a tool for the elites who think they know what is best for the rest of us. They are so superior to us that they should be in charge, sitting in the manor on the hill while we toil in the fields.
“I give up. When wasn’t the IPCC a political activist?”
ha ha, right on the head there