Posted on 11/02/2021 5:54:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologized for comparing those who do not agree with his views on climate change to politicians in the 1930’s who ignored the rise of Nazi Germany.
In a statement published on twitter on 1 Nov 2021, the Most Rev. Just Welby wrote:
“I unequivocally apologise for the words I used when trying to emphasise the gravity of the situation facing us at COP26. It’s never right to make comparisons with the atrocities brought by the Nazis and I’m sorry for the offence caused to Jews by these words.”
His statement came in response to criticisms from Jewish leaders and the media for comments he made earlier that day in an interview with BBC Radio 4. He stated political leaders “will be cursed if they don’t get this right”.
“[P]eople will speak of them in far stronger terms than we speak today of the politicians of the 30s, of the politicians who ignored what was happening in Nazi Germany because this will kill people all around the world for generations, and we have will have no means of averting it”.
The archbishop lambasted those who do not agree with his views on climate change charging them with being potentially responsible for genocide. Inaction on climate change “will allow a genocide on an infinitely greater scale” than the persecution of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their allies.
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So do I. It may sound strange, but I really mean it :-(
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