Friday, October 13, 2006
WORLD SO UNFAIR
Unpleasant weather creates terrorists, apparently:
Climate change was one of the biggest menaces facing humankind and threatened to breed terrorism, war and the collapse of civilisation, a global health expert said today.
Dr Colin Butler of Deakin University painted a grim picture of the catastrophic consequence of global warming as communities worldwide competed for scarce resources ...
“What’s to stop someone who’s desperate, who sees the world as so unfair (becoming a terrorist)?’’ Dr Butler asked.
What’s to stop a starving desperado from becoming a terrorist? Well, starvation, for one. Thus nature balances itself! Dr Butler continues:
“Not too many people read the literature or necessarily can visualise what’s happening to a polar bear in Alaska but if you start to see that it has a bigger impact; if you start to see it in your own family ... I think that will really motivate people,’’ Dr Butler said.
No argument there; as soon as polar Blairs resort to cannibalism or begin falling through icebergs while chasing fish, I’ll be righteously motivated to have them re-classified as bi-polar. Some background on Dr Butler:
Colin’s main research interest lies in trying to find ways to advance sustainable global health for All, including people who are marginalized and oppressed.
And who can’t afford a comb.
(Via Paul Bickford)