Anti-Earth Summit Protesters March Against 'Sustainable-Poverty'

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 8/29/02 | Marc Morano

[wita]

How about we don't reduce one little teeny bit the complicity of environmentalist, and maybe say they, (third world govts and environmentalists) are at least equally at fault in their efforts at deception leading to an ever larger group of educated? people professing the faith. Power and deception began with the first serpent, and continues unabated yet today.

[wallcrawlr]

Its too bad it takes a group of people out of S Africa to make this information get reported.

Where is the USA pride in this country?

[missycocopuffs]

Bumping another of your great posts...

For another good laugh, check out the Earth Day Footprint Quiz. This quiz was posted on another thread here at FR, but it bears a repeat.

The only way I have found to "win" the quiz is to live in a domicile without electricity or running water. Get real.

http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp#

[madfly]

Johannesburg ping!

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

If third world governments align their policies with UN Agenda 21 then the blame kind of comes back to environmentalists, doesn't it?

Not any more than it does with rich Western capitalists living high on the hog.

[Thommas]

Absolutely. This quiz was "winnable" by making myself live in abject poverty. Besides living like a serf, my life expectancy would be like that in Vegan India, roughly 52 years. Lovely.

[madfly]

You said it!

[Zon]

The quiz is an irrational mind-fabrication depicting a static vacuum. The only escape would be death.

[Thommas]

In the history of the "planet," it seems that Mother Earth has survived much worse cataclysms than rich Westerners; caldera, asteroids, and glaciers come to mind.

If in this infintesimal moment of Earth's time frame a few beings or many sentients live life well for their brief allotted existences, then NO BFD!

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

How about we don't reduce one little teeny bit the complicity of environmentalist, and maybe say they, (third world govts and environmentalists)

Blaming Westerners for environmental damage is a new tactic from the third world, another approach since they were unable to shake down the West for more $$ at the last summit. Now they are trying to guilt us into it. The connection with Western environmentalists and third world poverty is tenuous. I re-iterate, the problems of the third worlders have more to do with the way they manage themselves.

[WaterDragon]

Bump for conservatives.

[1Old Pro]

"Everything they are discussing here is actually going to retard development, and this is being done in the name of the poor. I think that is appalling, I think that is criminal," marcher Barun Mitra told CNSNews.com .

I'll bet the major networks refused to interview this guy or even admit that this protest was going on.

Not like when a handful of anti-GOP protestors protest sometning, they act as if it's the only thing going on.

[KC_Conspirator]

The protestors - including disgruntled street vendors, traders, farmers and free-market advocates - believe the Earth summit's agenda is designed to keep developing nations from achieving economic prosperity by limiting infrastructure development that environmentalists consider to be ecologically destructive.

Wow! Can this guy cut through the BS or what?

[missycocopuffs]

Yes, the United Nation's sustainable development policy, known as Agenda 21, ought to be known as Agenda 21 B.C.

[avg_freeper]

I make a habit of listening to Science Friday on NPR. About the only show I listen to on public radio.

Anyway, a few weeks ago they had on a number of people talking about this "sustainable development" stuff.

The show had a number of experts on discussing farming methods around the world and what needs to be done. Being NPR I thought that they would take a "people be damned" approach and start spouting enviro-nut dogma while denouncing America.

Quite the opposite occurred, they were pretty much in agreement that developing countries need to start emulating America and its freedom. There was an individual from India I think that said the biggest road block to "sustainable farming" is the lack of personal freedoms and the ability to own property in poorer countries.

I believe that people in these developing countries know that the enviro-nuts are only concerned with their bloated self importance and could care less about the rest of the world.

Capitalism in a freedom loving republic is the only way.

[headsonpikes]

This is just a bunch of libertarian propaganda! These people just want to make money.

That is just so capitalist!

World leaders know what's best.

Think of the future generations of childern; I'm sure they do.

[TigersEye]

Apparently the pseudo-intellectual ravings of Western environmentalists is transparent even to semi-literate uneducated third world peons like African street merchants and Indian farmers. But then they work for a living so they have an actual grip on reality.

It's gotta be frustrating. They are hoping ConAgri will show up with some decent ideas on bringing a good crop in and the West sends them MoonStar and her tree sitters to 'splane 'em the 'cycle of life'.

[Carry_Okie]

It is a pity that Dr. Coffman didn't mention that Free Market Alternative, seeing as he got it from me.

[Carry_Okie]

That "world's biggest polluter" line is only because these thugs conveniently choose to define CO₂ as a pollutant.

What a sham.