Danger of extinction
MANY praised Greta Thunberg’s UN speech and many were appalled by it.
Scott Morrison’s take on her speech was a pleasant surprise: “We have got to caution against raising the anxieties of children in our country…” He is right.
The fear and anxiety that she portrayed in her speech, along with threads of attitude, is the result of adult mentors in her life.
Greta stated in her speech: “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction… you are failing us, but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you! And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you.”
Greta is right in one sense. The adults who should know better are letting the future generation down.
Yes, future generations are in danger of becoming extinct.
But not because of the lack of action regarding climate change.
It is because of programs in schools that teach our children that their gender is how they feel instead of the truth that gender is biological.
As a result, we have young people undergoing sex change operations with an unknown life expectancy at the end.
‘‘ YES, FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING EXTINCT. BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACTION REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.
It’s because of abortion laws that have amendments to the bill voted down when it comes to helping a baby live, should it be born alive.
It is because politicians think it’s okay to legalise cannabis instead of doing more to support programs that help people overcome addiction.
These are the true signs that future generations are in danger of extinction.
BERNICE STIRLING, Haden
NEW TAXES
FRIENDS, with our federal government $600 billion in debt, I am surprised the red-tie and green-tie Socialist Commo mob and the moderate Socialist blue-tie LNP mob have not cuddled up to pass through Parliament a death duty and TV and radio licence tax to provide massive income to waste and bring our debt faster to an unsustainable level.
When this is realised, no matter by which mob, you can imagine them all getting together to celebrate their long held achievement. The large T word comes to mind. Your friendly atheist agnostic heathen rejuvenated priceless jewel.
ALAN MARSHALL, Toowoomba
JUSTIFIED KILLING
“Why would anyone want to go to work for $80,000 a year, to be shot at?” Such was a policeman’s comment allegedly made to 2GB announcer Ray Hadley, following police killing of a deranged gunman. One officer was wounded with shotgun pellets to the back of his head.
Police were totally justified in killing the man. We realise how much the thin blue line is protecting everyone and not just police.
Following the Port Arthur massacre, debate raged over gun control as thousands of high-powered semiautomatic weapons were destroyed. Supposedly, the only weapons left for civilians are in the hands of law-abiding sporting shooters, farmers and security guards.
The gun ban has not fully worked, as the Sydney incident proved again. The argument against gun control was that “guns don’t kill people; people kill people”. A bumper sticker read, “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns”.
The deranged gunman attacking Penrith Police Station officers proves the point. Why was this man on the streets firing a pump-action 12 gauge shot-gun? But if there was no gun ban, we would have been in a worse gun death situation before now.
We have to thank John Howard and Tim Fischer for acting to legislate. Flawed as it was, much benefit has come to protect citizens.
Who wants an American situation, where deranged “active shooters” abound? Seems there are no winners in this issue of gun control in Australia.
The only winner in the Penrith situation, is the unborn baby in the womb of the gunman’s partner. The man wanted a termination but she resisted. One can only hope the child is born to live a full life.
PETER KNOBEL, Toowoomba
PAID SPEECH?
DID climate messiah Greta Thunberg receive $250,000 for delivering an address at the United Nations?
GERALD PATCH, Toowoomba