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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 8:19:02 GMT 10
Australia’s Grand and Glorious Prime Minister, Scotty from Marketing, has been on the radio slamming anyone who attended the Black Lives Matter protests.
He’s saying no one there cared about social distancing (and by extension their fellow Australians). He’s saying everyone there was just there for themselves, with no concern for the 432 Indigenous deaths in custody that have occurred since 1991.
In light of Scott Morrison’s comments, I thought I might just highlight a few instances where the Prime Minister was less than careful about social distancing measures, and less than careful about the lives of Australians he pretends to be so “concerned” for. Here they are;
1. On the weekend Coronavirus first erupted in Australia, Scott Morrison let a 5000 person Christian fundamentalist conference go ahead. He did this against the direct advice of health officials, and the decision was most likely driven by his extremist religious beliefs. Scott Morrison didn’t care about social distancing then.
2. On the same exact weekend around two months back, Scott Morrison also let rugby league matches go ahead. Hundreds of thousands attended. Scott Morrison let these massive events go ahead against the direct advice of health officials, with this decision coming from no apparent or obvious place. Scott Morrison didn’t care about social distancing then either.
3. Scott Morrison pressured premiers across Australia to return schools early, around one month ago. This was against the direct advice of health officials and teachers unions. Since the return of schooling across Australia, there has been no directive to socially distance in schools (not that you can enforce such a directive anyway). Kids have been tackling each other, in frequent close contact, and spreading germs. Scott Morrison wasn’t that concerned about social distancing at that stage either.
4. On the exact same day of the protests, the North Shore Markets were hosted in Sydney. These markets saw thousands of people moving around in close proximity, with no face masks and no social distancing. Our caring Prime Minister couldn’t care less about that.
5. Bars and clubs were open across Sydney on the weekend of the protests. Social distancing directives were barely obeyed in many bars and clubs, but Scott Morrison made no mention of this. He still didn’t care.
6. The Sydney CBD Westfield was open on the day of the protests. Thousands of people were there, and none of them were social distancing. Scott Morrison has avoided criticism of anyone shopping at the Sydney Westfield on that day: Scott likes shoppers, as a marketing man is inclined to, so he didn’t care about that either.
7. The only large group of people not wearing facemasks at the protests were the police. For some reason or another, Scott Morrison has refused to criticise them. Scott Morrison dosen’t care if police don’t take correct sanitary measures.
Now, not to be cynical, but is it possible Scott Morrison’s “moral outrage” (which he expressed on the radio today) is somewhat fake? Is it possible the Prime Minister is pretending to be “morally concerned” when he realistically dosen’t care less? Call it what you want and call people who protested what you want, but I can’t really take Scott Morrison’s “moral concern” that seriously. And I don’t think any other young Australians should either.
It will be a cold day in Hell before I take a moral lecture from the man who holidayed in Hawaii when his country burned.
March Australia
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2020 14:55:39 GMT 10
Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO
Damian Carrington Environment editor 15 hrs ago
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the world has been ignoring this stark reality for decades. The illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade as well as the devastation of forests and other wild places were still the driving forces behind the increasing number of diseases leaping from wildlife to humans, the leaders told the Guardian. They are calling for a green and healthy recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular by reforming destructive farming and unsustainable diets. A WWF report, also published on Wednesday, warns: “The risk of a new [wildlife-to-human] disease emerging in the future is higher than ever, with the potential to wreak havoc on health, economies and global security.” WWF’s head in the UK said post-Brexit trade deals that fail to protect nature would leave Britain “complicit in increasing the risk of the next pandemic”. High-level figures have issued a series of warnings since March, with the world’s leading biodiversity experts saying even more deadly disease outbreaks are likely in future unless the rampant destruction of the natural world is rapidly halted. Earlier in June, the UN environment chief and a leading economist said Covid-19 was an “SOS signal for the human enterprise” and that current economic thinking did not recognise that human wealth depends on nature’s health.
“We have seen many diseases emerge over the years, such as Zika, Aids, Sars and Ebola and they all originated from animal populations under conditions of severe environmental pressures,” said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, head of the UN convention on biological diversity, Maria Neira, the World Health Organization director for environment and health, and Marco Lambertini, head of WWF International, in the Guardian article. With coronavirus, “these outbreaks are manifestations of our dangerously unbalanced relationship with nature”, they said. “They all illustrate that our own destructive behaviour towards nature is endangering our own health – a stark reality we’ve been collectively ignoring for decades. “Worryingly, while Covid-19 has given us yet another reason to protect and preserve nature, we have seen the reverse take place. From the Greater Mekong, to the Amazon and Madagascar, alarming reports have emerged of increased poaching, illegal logging and forest fires, while many countries are engaging in hasty environmental rollbacks and cuts in funding for conservation. This all comes at a time when we need it most. “We must embrace a just, healthy and green recovery and kickstart a wider transformation towards a model that values nature as the foundation for a healthy society. Not doing so, and instead attempting to save money by neglecting environmental protection, health systems, and social safety nets, has already proven to be a false economy. The bill will be paid many times over.” The WWF report concludes the key drivers for diseases that move from wild animals to humans are the destruction of nature, the intensification of agriculture and livestock production, as well as the trading and consumption of high-risk wildlife. The report urges all governments to introduce and enforce laws to eliminate the destruction of nature from supply chains of goods and on the public to make their diets more sustainable. Beef, palm oil and soy are among the commodities frequently linked to deforestation and scientists have said avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way for people to reduce their environmental impact on the planet. Tanya Steele, the head of WWF UK, said the post-Brexit trade deals must protect nature: “We cannot be complicit in increasing the risk of the next pandemic. We need strong legislation and trade deals that stop us importing food that is the result of rampant deforestation or whose production ignores poor welfare and environmental standards in producer countries. The government has a golden opportunity to make transformative, world-leading change happen.” The WWF report said 60-70% of the new diseases that have emerged in humans since 1990 came from wildlife. Over the same period, 178m hectares of forest have been cleared, equivalent to more than seven times the area of the UK.
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Post by Gort on Jun 23, 2020 23:38:42 GMT 10
No ramps were descended in the making of this film.
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