[Politics] Schools 4 Climate Action - great turn out in Brighton

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[Thunder Bolt]

As far as I'm aware, quite a lot of schools have inset days today. Therefore the youngsters aren't bunking off.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

That it will make people aware that they are bothered about it.

Of course there will be a bunch of older people who will make snide judgemental comments, probably be dismissive and patronise them.

Fortunately my kids won't let those sort of people stop them.

Disappointing, I was hoping for something more substantive like they would change the way they live their lives/consume.

 

[JCL666]

Disappointing, I was hoping for something more substantive like they would change the way they live their lives/consume.

Of course you are, but then you have no insight into how they already live their lives/consume.

but as I said "there will be a bunch of older people who will make snide judgemental comments, probably be dismissive and patronise them."



Protests are typically about raising awareness and challenging the behaviour of those in authority, but you know that.

 

[Godstar]

Got a call from the wife to say our 14yr old had bunked school and was on the march & could I go and find him. I left work, went to the Level, found aforementioned son, bought him lunch, said well done & left him to it!!

 

[Hotchilidog]

Disappointing, I was hoping for something more substantive like they would change the way they live their lives/consume.

Maybe they will. At least this is arming them with information that may help them think about their own lives. Sadly they have to live with situation dealt to them by previous generations. Given your posting history your response has been tediously predictable to say the least.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Entirely predictable thread.

 

[Megazone]

News coming in that it's all starting to kickoff. Seven year 9 kids in police custody. Eight year 7 kids believed to have vandalised a police car, four year 11's wanted for hospitalising numerous police officers and five year 10's wanted for missing geography homework.

It was only a matter of time.

 

[GOM]

Brilliant to see so many youngsters being politically engaged and taking an interest in their future (and a bunk off school...).

They are being left with a tough legacy of a decade of austerity, a political transformation in our relationship with our neighbours, antipathy toward the real challenges facing the planet. As Peter Kay would say, they are the future.

So well done the protestors across the country.

Thought this was about climate change, not sure what Brexit or the banking collapse has to do with that.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

I say good on them.

It had to be a school day for anyone to take any notice.

 

[Megazone]

I say good on them.

It had to be a school day for anyone to take any notice.

including the pupils...

 

[Hamilton]

Brilliant stuff.

Great to see this campaign against climate change. Go for it kids!


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[Ernest]

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[timbha]

So it was a political march and not an ethical one was it?

 

[DavidRyder]

If I was going to get a day off school, I probably wouldn't have even asked what the protest was about..

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Of course you are, but then you have no insight into how they already live their lives/consume.

but as I said "there will be a bunch of older people who will make snide judgemental comments, probably be dismissive and patronise them."



Protests are typically about raising awareness and challenging the behaviour of those in authority, but you know that.

Assuming they are entirely representative of most of the younger generation and wider population... they do as little as possible. If this isn't the case feel free to tell me what specific sacrifices they make to save the planet.

Climate change already receives huge amounts of press coverage and governmental (domestic and international) attention but you already know this.

 

[Machiavelli]

News coming in that it's all starting to kickoff. Seven year 9 kids in police custody. Eight year 7 kids believed to have vandalised a police car, four year 11's wanted for hospitalising numerous police officers and five year 10's wanted for missing geography homework.

It was only a matter of time.

Care to share a link to this from, for instance, the police or a respected newspaper site?
If you can't, then plenty will draw the conclusion that you speak a load of drivel, and that this is just the latest instance of it. On this, if there was anything to what you've said, The Argus would have been all over it, and yet, there's nothing on their site about it.

 

[London Irish]

Very pleased my daughter went. Her school was very liberal about it and gave a sly little nod

 

[symyjym]

Hopefully they will also realise how important it is to keep coastal towns and beaches free from plastics and litter and make a stand against visitors abusing our beaches during peak season.

They should all get together and organise voluntary patrols to educate people and embarrass litter offenders.

Anyone who is a litterbug is retarded but it is clear that there are more people who do it than will own up to it. Our promotion celebrations on the seafront demonstrated a high percentage of litterbugs and there will be litterbug offenders using this forum.

Can anyone on here own up to littering that day ::

 

[Is it PotG?]

Good excuse to get angry, and show that the kidz matter. Wave a few placards and shout 'Down with the government' en route to changing the world. Yeah.