In her latest column, Margaret Wente outlines why David Suzuki is so upset. Here’s an excerpt:
In fact, Mr. Suzuki believes the movement has been going backward for 20 years: “We didn’t sell the right message.” Instead of arguing that environmental responsibility could co-exist with economic growth, he thinks, in effect, that the movement should have argued that we must abandon the quest for economic growth altogether. “We thought if we stop this dam, if we stop this clear-cutting, that’s a great success. But we didn’t deal with the underlying destructiveness, which was the mindset that attacked the forest or wanted to build the dam.”
Earth to Dave and his ilk: Perhaps not smearing your opponents and avoiding all debate with them might not have been the best idea? Perhaps outright lying about the facts might not have been so smart either? Perhaps walking the talk rather than being an eco-hypocrite might have been advisable?
Ezra Levant sums up the abject failure that has been Suzuki’s crusade against progress:
“There’s a high school in my neighborhood named after him.”
I hope the students unfortunate enough to attend this school are getting educated and not merely greentard indoctrination. It bothers me enough that my tax dollars are wasted in the regular public schools with an “education” that is second rate and mostly useless.
“getting educated and not merely greentard indoctrination”. Isn’t that the same thing?
And besides these kids will be in high demand, sought after by every business. As they will be the only ones who will understand the new carbon tax economy. lol