The following email was sent to me this morning by a friend of mine. Feeling cynical as I too often am, I sent the following reply. The stuff in bold is my response. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this entry do not necessarily reflect the views of the owner of this blog.
Dear friends,
Imagine the sea rising around you as your country literally disappears beneath your feet, where the food you grow and the water you drink is being destroyed by salt, and your last chance is to seek refuge in other lands where climate refugees have no official status. This is not a dream, it's the fearful reality for millions of people who live on islands around the world, from the Maldives to Papua New Guinea.
Not a dream, it's a disaster movie. Hella entertaining. Yeah, I said "hella".
That is why these small islands are taking the unprecedented step of putting an urgent resolution before the United Nations ahead of next week's global climate talks, calling upon the Security Council itself to address climate change as a pressing threat to international peace and security.
This is a creative move born of desperation, a challenge to global powers to end their complacency and tackle this lethal crisis with the urgency of wars. But the island states' campaign is meeting fierce opposition from the world's biggest polluters, so they need our help. Sign the petition now to raise a worldwide chorus of support for this call -- it will be presented by the islands' ambassadors to reinforce their resolution at the UN next week:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/sos_small_islands/98.php/?cl_tf_ sign=1
These so-called "nations" are just pissed that they don't have all the stuff we have. Like HD, The Amazing Race and supersized everything. Maybe they mean "nation" the same way that Stephen Harper means "nation", whatever that means. They had their chance to run with the big dogs, but they wanted "independence". Watch out, Quebec, this could be you someday!
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