Greta Thunberg detained at German coal protest

[Bkk Brian]

  On 1/19/2023 at 1:30 PM, transam said:

Do you have evidence showing it wasn't...?

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The contributions given by her Foundation are clearly on the website to who and how much.

 

This includes donations given to the Foundation from prize money, sale of her books or her personal TV appearances.

 

https://thegretathunbergfoundation.org/where-the-money-goes

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  On 1/19/2023 at 1:30 PM, transam said:

Do you have evidence showing it wasn't...?

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 It's incumbent upon the person making the allegation of malfeasance to prove that funds have been misused. It's obviously ridiculous to ask someone to prove a negative. And given that Thunberg is Target A for the climate change denialist movement, if she had misappropriated those funds, somebody most likely would have cottoned on to it by now.

[transam]

  On 1/19/2023 at 1:45 PM, placeholder said:

 It's incumbent upon the person making the allegation of malfeasance to prove that funds have been misused. It's obviously ridiculous to ask someone to prove a negative. And given that Thunberg is Target A for the climate change denialist movement, if she had misappropriated those funds, somebody most likely would have cottoned on to it by now.

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Are you saying charity head honcho's take nothing...?

 

And hey, I am not a climate change denier or anything else, I am posting on a chat forum, and now off to watch some telly...... Adios (for now)     

 

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  On 1/19/2023 at 1:51 PM, transam said:

Are you saying charity head honcho's take nothing...?

 

And hey, I am not a climate change denier or anything else, I am posting on a chat forum, and now off to watch some telly...... Adios (for now)     

 

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I'm not saying it. The official report from the Greta Thunberg Foundation said it. In a legally required annual report.

[still kicking]

Come on guys we all know she has a bigger carbon footprint the English royal family. How does she travel to all the countries?

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 1/19/2023 at 2:05 PM, still kicking said:

Come on guys we all know she has a bigger carbon footprint the English royal family. How does she travel to all the countries?

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She is doing her best, she now even gets German Policemen to carry her around, rather than going by car 

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  On 1/19/2023 at 2:05 PM, still kicking said:

Come on guys we all know she has a bigger carbon footprint the English royal family. How does she travel to all the countries?

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Thanks for the bloviation.

[proton]

  On 1/19/2023 at 12:12 PM, placeholder said:

More empty insults.

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Well I was just following what you said to Transam, he's a member, the girl with the mental problems is not ????

[Gottfrid]

  On 1/17/2023 at 6:48 PM, Scott said:

Police told the BBC Ms Thunberg was not arrested and would be released after they checked her ID.

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How sad! They should have locked her up and thrown away the key

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  On 1/19/2023 at 2:42 PM, proton said:

Well I was just following what you said to Transam, he's a member, the girl with the mental problems is not ????

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I'd give odds of 3-2 that your comment made sense to you.

[still kicking]

  On 1/19/2023 at 2:11 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

She is doing her best, she now even gets German Policemen to carry her around, rather than going by car 

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[Scott]

Inflammatory post reported and removed along with reply.

 

[Bluespunk]

  On 1/19/2023 at 2:48 PM, Gottfrid said:

How sad! They should have locked her up and thrown away the key

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For exercising the democratic right to peaceful protest? 

[bangkok19]

  On 1/19/2023 at 2:53 AM, ozimoron said:

It's hilarious that we have no choice because governments subsidize fossil fuels.

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Dunno what country you're in but in Australia the Government subsidizes renewables!

[thaibeachlovers]

  On 1/19/2023 at 4:30 AM, Slip said:

What about you?  Anyway, having seen your various comments over the years, I don't find the claim to be very credible.

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What you find credible or not is of no importance to me. Carry on.

[thaibeachlovers]

  On 1/19/2023 at 12:59 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Wasn't it seven Sailors who had to fly from France to USA to be able to bring the boat back ?

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I heard it was 2. Doesn't make any difference though, as the carbon footprint of her stunt sailing trip was larger than if she just flew.

[Slip]

  On 1/19/2023 at 8:21 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

What you find credible or not is of no importance to me. Carry on.

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And yet you think the inverse is the case?  I don't know why you felt it necessary to respond.  You asked me a question, which is why I replied to you and pointed out that your claims are not fooling your audience (me).  If you don't care about that it's on you.  And I will carry on.  I don't need your permission.

[ozimoron]

  On 1/19/2023 at 7:58 PM, bangkok19 said:

Dunno what country you're in but in Australia the Government subsidizes renewables!

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I guess you don't know much about your own country?

[Gottfrid]

  On 1/19/2023 at 5:25 PM, Bluespunk said:

For exercising the democratic right to peaceful protest? 

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If you like to call it that, building a life on protesting and making problems everywhere. Then, yes!

[Damrongsak]

  On 1/18/2023 at 2:58 AM, Lucky Bones said:

Talking about it is great. But, Thailand excels at talking about corruption yet nobody, right from the boss man down does anything.????????

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Thais talking about corruption:  "But he got more than me!  This isn't fair!"

[thaibeachlovers]

  On 1/20/2023 at 12:35 AM, Slip said:

And yet you think the inverse is the case?  I don't know why you felt it necessary to respond.  You asked me a question, which is why I replied to you and pointed out that your claims are not fooling your audience (me).  If you don't care about that it's on you.  And I will carry on.  I don't need your permission.

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So you insult me and think I should not respond?

It's sentences like "Anyway, having seen your various comments over the years, I don't find the claim to be very credible" that cause me to consider your posts of no importance to me.

It is possible to post without making derogatory comments about other posters, and the forum would be more pleasant without them.

 

Quoted from forum rules.

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Our Forum Rules and Standards of Conduct can be summarized as Be Nice, Be Respectful. We encourage all members to be nice to each other, to help each other and to enjoy the forum and its content.

 

 

[Hummin]

  On 1/19/2023 at 3:43 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

What about us that are not right wing and don't like her, Harry or Markel et al?

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Im not sure now, but dont you bash me for saying Obama was a good president, and constantly advocate for Trump? 

[BritManToo]

  On 1/19/2023 at 2:50 AM, Slip said:

"most of the people she upsets are white, male and on the right of the political spectrum"-  As capably demonstrated by the threads on this forum.  The same people who hate Markel, Harry et al.  The right wing gutter press have a lot to answer for.

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Hardly a consideration as almost everyone on this forum is old, white and male.

[roo860]

I had to laugh at this, funny as <deleted>. It was worth the protest just for this, Germany's finist,????????????????

[thaibeachlovers]

  On 1/20/2023 at 4:12 AM, Hummin said:

Im not sure now, but dont you bash me for saying Obama was a good president, and constantly advocate for Trump? 

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I don't remember if I "bashed" you personally for anything, but I can't say much about Obama or Trump on this thread without getting deleted for off topic.

 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/20/2023 at 4:29 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't remember if I "bashed" you personally for anything, but I can't say much about Obama or Trump on this thread without getting deleted for off topic.

 

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[Bluespunk]

  On 1/20/2023 at 1:08 AM, Gottfrid said:

If you like to call it that, building a life on protesting and making problems everywhere. Then, yes!

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I call it that because that is what it was. 

[ozimoron]

  On 1/20/2023 at 1:08 AM, Gottfrid said:

If you like to call it that, building a life on protesting and making problems everywhere. Then, yes!

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I'm reminded of Martin Luthor King by this comment.

[Bkk Brian]

Greta Thunberg on Abu Dhabi’s oil chief leading COP28 climate summit: ‘Completely ridiculous’

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday became the latest vocal critic of the United Arab Emirates’ decision to name the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) as president of this year’s COP28 climate summit.

Asked her view on the appointment during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “Lobbyists have been influencing these conferences since forever, and this just puts a very clear face to it... it’s completely ridiculous.”

The presidency has sparked a torrent of criticism from climate activists and civil society organizations since its mid-January announcement, the UAE, one of the world’s top oil producers, will host the U.N.-led climate summit from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/19/greta-thunberg-on-uae-oil-ceo-leading-cop28-completely-ridiculous.html

[Gottfrid]

  On 1/20/2023 at 4:47 AM, ozimoron said:

I'm reminded of Martin Luthor King by this comment.

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Yes, the only difference is that you are talking about a grown up intelligent and educated man. I am talking about a youngster that would do anything just for another 15 minutes of fame.