Lethbridge Herald

Politician­s’ focus too much on criticizin­g each other and not enough on the worlds greatest polluters

- Frank Sterle Jr. White Rock, B.C.

Clearly there has been discouragi­ngly insufficie­nt political courage and will to properly act upon the cause-and-effect of manmade global warming and climate change.

‘Liberals’ and ‘conservati­ves’ (et cetera) are overly preoccupie­d with vociferous­ly criticizin­g one another for their politics and beliefs thus diverting attention away from the greatest polluters’ moral and ethical corruption, where it should and needs to be sharply focused.

To me, general human existence has for too long been analogous to a cafeteria lineup consisting of diversely societally represente­d people, all adamantly arguing over which identifiab­le person should be at the front and, conversely, at the back of the line.

Many of them further fight over to whom among them should go the last piece of quality pie and how much they should have to pay for it — all the while the interstell­ar spaceship on which they’re all permanentl­y confined, owned and operated by (besides the wealthiest passengers) the fossil fuel industry, is on fire and toxifying at locations not normally investigat­ed.

But I still see some hope for spaceship Earth and therefore humankind due to environmen­tally conscious and active children, especially those who are approachin­g/reaching voting age.

In contrast, the dinosaur electorate who have been voting into high office consecutiv­e mass-pollution promoting or complicit/ complacent government­s for decades are gradually dying off, thus making way for far more healthy-planet-thus-people minded voters.

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