You nail it again, Matua. There is no clean solution. Trucking, shipping, burning, burying. It’s the inevitability of population, production and, affordability.
Been burning it in Europe for decades and an incinerator with co-generation has just been opened in Kwinana (Perth's industrial area), noting Perth has a similar population to Auckland
I hate this kind of manipulation , using kids for clicks.
When I see the the same thing on TVNZ 1 news, I ask myself what is the point in asking kids on the street, what they think of certain political issues, during protests etc, they have very little life experience, so how accurate would their judgement be!
It’s actually sickening. I remember during the Treaty Principles Bill coverage when 1News went around asking kids what they thought. The answers were almost identical every time: “It’S rAciST!”
Kids shouldn’t be dragged into politics. Their brains are still developing, and they’ve got whāk all life experience.
In my opinion any parent or caregiver who lives vicariously through their child - which is clearly what happened with the child in this story - is guilty of child abuse. A rule in our home, and which hubby and I have kept to for over 40 years, is "children are not to be burdened with adult's business/responsibilities."
we got all kinds of shit happening, now they have our own 10yr old Dairy Flats Queen Greta! Whats next a pumped up prick pretending he's Rob Muldoon? Oh hang on they got one of them! But fuck'em all because we have our very own Hori McGori Eats a Moriori! Two can play this game!
Let kids be kids and let adults do the hard thinking/working. These days everyone laughs at Greta. Does this father want everyone to laugh at his daughter?
Exactly. That’s why I blocked out her face. It didn’t feel right for a little girl to be embarrassed because her parents rolled her out as a political prop.
You can, but I didn’t think it was right to upload a photo of a 10-year-old, especially when I’m being critical of her “Greta moment”. If someone posted a photo of my 10-year-old daughter, I wouldn’t be delighted at all.
Totally agree, these types of debates need to be between informed adults. Keep the precocious kids out of it
Kids are not props.
No and nor should they be exposed to hyper climate anxiety and the false prospect of a doomed existence.
You nail it again, Matua. There is no clean solution. Trucking, shipping, burning, burying. It’s the inevitability of population, production and, affordability.
It has to be done. Until we find another solution, we’re stuck with landfills.
Been burning it in Europe for decades and an incinerator with co-generation has just been opened in Kwinana (Perth's industrial area), noting Perth has a similar population to Auckland
https://kwinana.energy/
Pushing your child into fear is not being a parent, it is glorifying the parent through using their child..... basically attention seeking.
It sure is. The parents knew the media would swallow it up, and they probably wrote her speech for her.
I hate this kind of manipulation , using kids for clicks.
When I see the the same thing on TVNZ 1 news, I ask myself what is the point in asking kids on the street, what they think of certain political issues, during protests etc, they have very little life experience, so how accurate would their judgement be!
It’s actually sickening. I remember during the Treaty Principles Bill coverage when 1News went around asking kids what they thought. The answers were almost identical every time: “It’S rAciST!”
Kids shouldn’t be dragged into politics. Their brains are still developing, and they’ve got whāk all life experience.
In my opinion any parent or caregiver who lives vicariously through their child - which is clearly what happened with the child in this story - is guilty of child abuse. A rule in our home, and which hubby and I have kept to for over 40 years, is "children are not to be burdened with adult's business/responsibilities."
I think the same, KG.
we got all kinds of shit happening, now they have our own 10yr old Dairy Flats Queen Greta! Whats next a pumped up prick pretending he's Rob Muldoon? Oh hang on they got one of them! But fuck'em all because we have our very own Hori McGori Eats a Moriori! Two can play this game!
Haha, Hori McGory is here to stay - for now!
Let kids be kids and let adults do the hard thinking/working. These days everyone laughs at Greta. Does this father want everyone to laugh at his daughter?
Exactly. That’s why I blocked out her face. It didn’t feel right for a little girl to be embarrassed because her parents rolled her out as a political prop.
You can see their photo at https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360891105/nzs-biggest-landfill-bidding-extend-operations-10-year-old-trying-stop-them
You can, but I didn’t think it was right to upload a photo of a 10-year-old, especially when I’m being critical of her “Greta moment”. If someone posted a photo of my 10-year-old daughter, I wouldn’t be delighted at all.