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Enviromonk David Suzuki salutes brave folk:

Who can ever forget Rosa Parks, who became an icon of civil rights by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in the segregated south?

Who can forget the lone Chinese protestor in 1989 who bravely showed the world his courage by refusing to move from oncoming tanks in Tiananmen Square?

Do read on. Suzuki believes these people are matched in heroism by the muppets who turned their lights off for Earth Hour, which “showed conclusively that there are millions out there who aren’t afraid to show that we care about the environment.”

Posted by Tim B. on 04/06/2008 at 11:20 AM
  1. And I’m not afraid to declare to the entire world that Suzuki is an idiot of the first water.

    Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2008 04 06 at 11:38 AM • permalink

  2. “showed conclusively that there are millions out there who aren’t afraid to show that we care about the environment.”

    Yeah, because there’s a huge physical risk in doing that.  I know I warned a couple of people on my street to turn their lights back on during Earth Hour after I saw the anti-environmentalist tanks revving up down the block.  Fortunately, they listened to me and their homes were spared.

    Posted by kcom on 2008 04 06 at 11:38 AM • permalink

  3. I was afraid the High Priest’s promise to retire was, like so much else he proclaims, just a lie. I see and hear more from this numbskull than ever before.

    Naturally he sees himself and his brave light-switching-for-one-hour brethren as heroes. Delusion is a necessary quality to be a top-level enviro-fascist.

    Posted by Crispytoast on 2008 04 06 at 11:38 AM • permalink

  4. He, I know a lot of people who are afraid to show that they don’t care about the environment.

    Posted by ElectronPower on 2008 04 06 at 11:41 AM • permalink

  5. Meekly heroic.  Or heroically meek.
    Either way, craven compliance will be described as bravery by those who’ve never seen true heroism.

    Posted by Olrence on 2008 04 06 at 11:45 AM • permalink

  6. Risking jail time or death = not being afraid of the dark. Suzuki is a moral moron.

    Posted by paco on 2008 04 06 at 11:48 AM • permalink

  7. Oh yeah, I see the connection. Rosa Parks…dark restaurants…electricity…White passenger. Uh huh. Sure. Bet Miss Rosa would have kept her lights on. The Earth Hour folks are like Jesse Jackson talking about his experiences with Martin Luther King. Funny, he wasn’t anywhere to be seen the other day….

    Posted by Deborah Leigh on 2008 04 06 at 11:49 AM • permalink

  8. Do these enviro-clowns have to go to Stupid School, or is it a natural talent?

    Posted by Barbara Skolaut on 2008 04 06 at 12:12 PM • permalink

  9. Deborah Leigh, could you have vomited upon seeing Al Sharpton laying a wreath on the balcony, or what?

    Posted by ushie on 2008 04 06 at 01:10 PM • permalink

  10. When we express our values, others take notice and we are energized by not being alone. And pretty soon a lot of inspired individuals start operating as a collective. And once this happens, unusual things occur.

    Gulags.  Economic collapse.  Enforced conformity in thought and action.  A veritable workers’ paradise.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 04 06 at 02:16 PM • permalink

  11. ‘We live in a free society and we are free to do as we please.’

    A change in position is this not, from his view that public officials who doubt GW should be imprisoned?

    Posted by Harry Eagar on 2008 04 06 at 02:27 PM • permalink

  12. That’s the problem for warm-fuzzy protesters. No one cares to threaten them.

    They’ll need to invent an enemy. With the light-bulb makers now colluding with government on profitable regulations, it will be difficult.

    Posted by Rittenhouse on 2008 04 06 at 03:56 PM • permalink

  13. I wasn’t aware that the Rudd government was clubbing people like baby seals for turning off their frigging lights.

    Posted by SoberHT on 2008 04 06 at 04:46 PM • permalink

  14. I can’t believe as a Canadian I’ve been paying taxes for 25 years, to pay for his multiple mansions, multiple marriages, 5 kids, millions of air miles, bus tours, and a really crappy tv series, that nobody watched, just so he can lecture me on my shoe size.

    Posted by rightgreg on 2008 04 06 at 05:01 PM • permalink

  15. I’m so brave, I’m a mindless conformist.

    Posted by Looneyc on 2008 04 06 at 05:07 PM • permalink

  16. Ah yes, David Suzuki - Don Cherry’s favourite left-wing kook

    Meanwhile over here in Australia, on similar climate related news, “Stressed by climate change? Go see your doctor” There just has to be a business opportunity here for the snake oil salesman.  How about the CCS elixir?  (Climate Change Solution) - Ingest or rub into the affected area for a complete cure within 24 hours - or the CCH fix (Climate Change Herbs) - a natural therapeutic remedy to today’s stress and bother ... a delightful mixture to gently soothe away all your climate problems with this all natural cure to the most stressful problem of today - or the CCO (Climate Change Operation) - this non invasive surgical technique is guaranteed to repair all but the most severe effects of Climate Change in today’s hectic world.  We have a success rate of 85% of souls ravaged by the effects of Climate Change - consult your doctor who may refer you to a Climate Change Specialist for a full appraisal.

    O/T but in other fascinating Australian news, Father and daughter have child and oh yes, A South Australian police media spokesman told AAP “the couple is being monitored”..

    Posted by Wand on 2008 04 06 at 05:48 PM • permalink

  17. #14 ‘his multiple mansions, multiple marriages, 5 kids, millions of air miles, bus tours’

    Hey, where can I sign up to the enviromonk’s religion? No poverty, no chastity, no obedience [to one’s own beliefs].

    Posted by Barrie on 2008 04 06 at 05:51 PM • permalink

  18. When individuals do something beneficial for the environment—turning off the lights for an hour to show support for a good idea, or using energy-efficient appliances, or purchasing fuel-efficient cars—they aren’t just taking a simple action. They are expressing a bold statement about their values.

    Let’s just ignore the millions who did nothing, and the millions (?) who said “Screw that for a joke” and arced up all their appliances and lights.

    I say Hurrah for us!

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 06 at 06:17 PM • permalink

  19. Such a left thing to do - diminish real heroes and elevate the evil, banal and stupid.

    Posted by Contrail on 2008 04 06 at 06:20 PM • permalink

  20. #16 Wand old news that incestuous O/T.
    Anyone would think it’s perfectly normal from what they (father and daughter) said on 60 Minutes.

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 06 at 06:24 PM • permalink

  21. David Suzuki and incest. What a combo for the start of the working week.

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 04 06 at 06:41 PM • permalink

  22. A bunch of adults proved that they’re not scared of the dark and Suzukis impressed?

    Posted by Penguin on 2008 04 06 at 07:51 PM • permalink

  23. Clearly David Suzuki doesn’t have to listen to Victorians go without electricity over the last week or so.

    Posted by Admonkeystrator on 2008 04 06 at 08:27 PM • permalink

  24. I always thought that David Suzuki was part of the Suzuki motor vehicles family.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 06 at 09:13 PM • permalink

  25. I thought the tank guy was one of us.

    He kept a column of not very fuel efficient diesel tanks idling and spewing out loads of CO2.
    More evidence he is on our side : he did what he did using words and not even a single giant paper mache puppet.

    Posted by Col. Milquetoast on 2008 04 06 at 09:34 PM • permalink

  26. #16 LOL! Thanks for the link to “Grapes” Cherry bashing that fascist Suzuki. I usually watch “Hockey Night In Canada” at my local upstate NY tavern and so I can’t always hear his commentary.

    Posted by JDBagain on 2008 04 06 at 09:37 PM • permalink

  27. Yes, just like Rosa Parks and that fellow in Beijing, the heroic participants in Earth Hour bravely risked direct confrontation with the authorities.

    Oh wait, no.  The authorities approved of Earth Hour.

    Posted by JJM Ballantyne on 2008 04 06 at 10:03 PM • permalink

  28. Who can ever forget Rosa Parks, who became an icon of civil rights by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in the segregated south?

    Who can forget the lone Chinese protestor in 1989 who bravely showed the world his courage by refusing to move from oncoming tanks in Tiananmen Square?

    Who can forget that Bonmot turned all his lights on during Earth Hour. Along with air con, microwave oven, TVs + DVD, all exterior security lighting, fax, PC, heaters, wshing machine, dryer….
    Oh, the heroism of it.

    Posted by Bonmot on 2008 04 06 at 10:57 PM • permalink

  29. David Suzuki is not a warm-fuzzy.  He’s not meek.  He’s not even an environmentalist.

    He’s an enviro-fascist of the first order.

    Posted by ann j on 2008 04 06 at 11:30 PM • permalink

  30. Things are so bad in Australia that Americans have taken to buying the last of the V8 interceptors from main force patrol officers and their dogs. Because if those Holden Caufield V8 XP GTRs were still out on the roads, they’d be used to run down hapless Aussie environmentalists.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzO9t7ibHgQ

    God, that engine sounds great at 4:50.

    Horrifying thought: what if Lord Humongous and the Mighty Wez were actually Green Party members? This would explain a lot. Perhaps everything. They were after the juice to destroy it!

    Posted by Ernst Blofeld on 2008 04 07 at 12:33 AM • permalink

  31. I’m afraid of Suzuki because he would have me imprisoned for disagreeing with him.

    Posted by dean martin on 2008 04 07 at 02:36 AM • permalink

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