Re: Extinction the facts
Originally Posted by
bakerman
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Yes, that's probably true.
Little by little, a piece at a time, the government, and certain extremist groups take away our freedoms. Perhaps even our reasons for living.
First it was an attack on smokers; now cigarettes cost a small fortune. Once we could go to a pub, have a decent meal and enjoy conversations with friends and relax with a cigarette and coffee. No more. Those days are gone... forever.
Thank goodness !
Look at this from the other point of view .
As a child I had to go to school on a bus and train . Thanks to smokers I was terribly travel sick all the time.
As an adult living overseas long haul flights with my three little children were made hellish by smokers .
As for relaxing with a meal how many meals have been ruined by smokers who spread their stinking smoke all over you .
Smoke that is proven to cause cancer and other respiratory diseases .
Whereas none smokers don’t hurt anyone pub attendance tripled after the smoking ban - all those non smokers wanted to enjoy a meal and a drink too !
Nope I’m glad that those days are gone.
Certain groups are desperately trying to deny us a basic right to even eat meat. They will soon force all of us to be vegetarians.
I don’t know what groups these are but their are valid reasons for not eating meat . Firstly the humanitarian one . I eat meat but I am very conscious that a living sentient being died so I may eat meat but I want to know it had a good as life as possible and a pain free death . I don’t eat pork pigs know too much and die in terror .That is my belief it doesn’t affect other meat eaters .
Secondly and this relates to this topic raising meat is a prime cause of climate change . Deforestation for cattle farming has decimated the rainforests And cattle produce huge amounts of methane one of the main greenhouse gases.
Moreover Bakerman too much meat isn’t good for us .
Smoking and meat eating lead to heart disease.
Now, with the death of internal combustion engines at our doorstep, we lose any right to travel further than a battery will allow. Always dreamed of driving across a continent ? Good luck trying to get a battery recharged on a photo safari in the middle of Africa, or even in the wilds of Canada for that matter.
Yes this won’t be so easy but you can still go by train .
We have had a good run ( at the worlds expense ) cheap and easy travel is no more
Always wanted to go fly fishing for steelhead on the Fraser River in Canada ? Better do it damn soon. Those days are soon to end.
Take a good look at the photo below. Your great grandchildren will have absolutely no idea how that man got to a place where he could catch such a fish. I guarantee he didn't get there in an electric golf cart. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is an absolute necessity. See that outboard motor boat ? It too will soon become illegal.
My great grandchildren will have far greater worries to contend with . And for that reason , for their future, we must act now to try and mitigate the damage we have done to the planet .
We owe it to them.