Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
by kot-behemoth on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @06:09AM
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"People will get exactly what they deserve". What have children born today done to "deserve" the devastating consequences that are going to unfold? Your view is fascinatingly self-centered and ruthless.
Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
by chewz on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:23AM
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> Your view is fascinatingly self-centered and ruthless.
Perhaps but I haven't seen any of my middle class friends taking their children to school on a bike or by public transport. And when I point that it is possible it is always "Meh, it is more convinient in my car and I am above that".
If people with children do not care why should I?
Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
by crispinb on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:51PM
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Caring about children isn't about arguing from premises. Indeed if someone claims to need an argument to care about children, it's a pretty good prima facie case for the existence of a psychological disorder.
I have spent last 10 years travelling, sailing the ocean, hiking in jungles, diving in the reefs that would be extinct soon. I live in a climate where some moderate warming will make more pleasant.
I do not care what will happen beyond 20 years ahead. Maybe even less.
So why would I inconvinience myself? Why worry? People will get exactly what they deserve.
On the other hand somehow it doesn't seem right.