Greta's Back

[webbo3]

She needed to keep herself in the public eye, so shes now an expert in virology.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/29/greta-thunberg-launches-campaign-fight-coronavirus/

\\Thunberg said in a statement that “like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis” that will affect youngsters now and in the long-term, especially the most vulnerable.//

Childs rights ?, its affecting everyone.

[New Judge]

//Well nj has listed a whole host of problems she may or may not have, and may be wrong about,..//

The information was provided by her mother.

//I don't agree that she's unwell (Aspergers isn't an illness)…//

I agree. It’s not an illness but a developmental disorder. But you don't have to have an "illness" to be unwell. You could say the same about OCD (the clue is in the name). I know somebody with severe OCD and believe me, she is unwell. Anorexia, from which she undoubtedly still suffers according to her mother, is also described as a "disorder". More than that it is one which leads to all sorts of associated illnesses which she may or may not be suffering from. Most illnesses can be termed a disorder. Kidney failure is a disorder. But sufferers are usually unwell.

//Oh yes, real grown ups insult, belittle, and on occasion threaten that unwell child don't they?//

I don’t believe I did any of that but I’m glad you agree that she is unwell and a child.

//It's worth pointing out, of course, that it's very difficult for most people to be in school right now anyway.//

Indeed it is, Jim. Though lower schools in her native Sweden are, as far as I know, still open. But I don’t know what “lower schools” actually means. But I think you’ll agree that she hasn’t been there for some time and would have been most unlikely to be there now if the situation was normal.

Just for the record, I'm not "foaming at the mouth". Quite honestly I don't care what she does or doesn't do. I just wish world leaders would spend their time more productively than listening to the ramblings of a disturbed teenager.

[Theland]

Naomi - Did you catch what TWT said?
'' She has an irrational fear of victimhood.''
Now then.

[naomi24]

Teacake, if anyone said it will all blow over in two weeks I'd be interested in knowing their names.

[naomi24]

Theland, what are you talking about?

[Theland]

Maggie - Yes great causes. I haven't got the bus fare :-(

[Theland]

R&S the victim

[naomi24]

What on earth are you on about Theland?

[NickorWan]

//She has obviously discovered a new bandwagon about which to spout her ridiculous self-centred drivel. //

I would call that belittling, just sayin'.

[Mozz71]

//I don’t believe I did any of that but I’m glad you agree that she is unwell and a child//

I never said you did NJ, but others on here, and many others on other social media outlets do just that. And you're a bright man, I'm sure you can detect irony when you see it.

[teacake44]

Disturbed teenager, only in the eyes of disturbed adults that can't see climate change until it smacks them on the nose, a bit like covid did, (will be over in two weeks, no worse than flu)

[Mozz71]

Will you stop talking about Covid for five minutes eacake. If you have an opinion on Greta or climate change, go for it, but stop derailing threads with your C19 bullocks. There are many other threads on AB for that, most of them, you started.

[royfromaus]

Can anyone explain how world leaders stole her childhood?

[jim360]

In this case isn't it slightly appropriate, given that the thread is about Thunberg's response to the dangers Covid-19 poses for children's welfare/rights etc?

[teacake44]

16.01 No.

[teacake44]

Plus you need to read webbo3 thread.

[New Judge]

//...a bit like covid did, (will be over in two weeks, no worse than flu)//

Nobody saw Covid coming to the degree that it has. And even if they had, short of locking down the entire world, there was little that could have been done to prevent its spread. That includes Ms Thunberg who has only just now begun to prattle on about it. Her musings suggest that she believes that the world is not doing anything about it (as she clearly believes is the case with Climate Change) and that everybody is doing their best to leave a legacy for her generation to clear up. She's wrong on both counts. I don't know of any country which is not doing its best to control the disease and if only for purely economic reasons, wants the crisis to end asap. The difficulty is that the world is not as Ms Thunberg believes it should be. And we should all give thanks for that because for all her virtues (which I have yet to discover) she is simply naïve. As incredible as it may seem to her, there are people over the age of seventeen who care about it quite a bit but who are not inclined to become hysterical.

[ToraToraTora]

well she's not been news for a while must be feeling left out!

[Denton]

Teacake,it’s as not has and whether not weather.

[teacake44]

She's not wrong about climate change, I would think she's been partying with most of the planes grounded. The WHO saw the pandemic coming and the UK had three months plus to lock down. Boris and his gang sat on their ass.

[sandyRoe]

For the sake of argument lets suppose that she's right.
If great changes in how mankind lived were necessary to provide an environment where our descendants could live, could we make them?
I think they would come a poor second to national self interest.