Climate change is a hoax /sKaptaan Jack@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.world – 815 points – 1 years ago107Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentIt's actually a spectrum of disavowal of responsibility: It's not happening. Even if it is happening, it's not our fault. Even if it is our fault, there is nothing we can do. Even if there is something we can do, it's too late to do anything. It's just that the first stage (denialism) is starting to become untenable. Even if it isn't too late to do something it's the others that should do it Even if we are the ones that should do something, it's down to everyone individually so no job for the politicians Even if it is down to the state, sorry it's too expensive. Ah yes, the standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. The tactic does not get old.THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where my brain dug this up from and I couldn't pinpoint it. Bernard Woolley : What if the Prime Minister insists we help them? Sir Humphrey Appleby : Then we follow the four-stage strategy. Bernard Woolley : What's that? Sir Richard Wharton : Standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage one we say nothing is going to happen. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751831/characters/nm0001329 1 more...1 more...1 more...
It's actually a spectrum of disavowal of responsibility: It's not happening. Even if it is happening, it's not our fault. Even if it is our fault, there is nothing we can do. Even if there is something we can do, it's too late to do anything. It's just that the first stage (denialism) is starting to become untenable. Even if it isn't too late to do something it's the others that should do it Even if we are the ones that should do something, it's down to everyone individually so no job for the politicians Even if it is down to the state, sorry it's too expensive. Ah yes, the standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. The tactic does not get old.THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where my brain dug this up from and I couldn't pinpoint it. Bernard Woolley : What if the Prime Minister insists we help them? Sir Humphrey Appleby : Then we follow the four-stage strategy. Bernard Woolley : What's that? Sir Richard Wharton : Standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage one we say nothing is going to happen. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751831/characters/nm0001329 1 more...1 more...1 more...
Even if it isn't too late to do something it's the others that should do it Even if we are the ones that should do something, it's down to everyone individually so no job for the politicians Even if it is down to the state, sorry it's too expensive.
Ah yes, the standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. The tactic does not get old.THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where my brain dug this up from and I couldn't pinpoint it. Bernard Woolley : What if the Prime Minister insists we help them? Sir Humphrey Appleby : Then we follow the four-stage strategy. Bernard Woolley : What's that? Sir Richard Wharton : Standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage one we say nothing is going to happen. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751831/characters/nm0001329 1 more...1 more...
THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where my brain dug this up from and I couldn't pinpoint it. Bernard Woolley : What if the Prime Minister insists we help them? Sir Humphrey Appleby : Then we follow the four-stage strategy. Bernard Woolley : What's that? Sir Richard Wharton : Standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage one we say nothing is going to happen. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. Sir Richard Wharton : In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do. Sir Humphrey Appleby : Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751831/characters/nm0001329 1 more...
It's actually a spectrum of disavowal of responsibility:
It's not happening.
Even if it is happening, it's not our fault.
Even if it is our fault, there is nothing we can do.
Even if there is something we can do, it's too late to do anything.
It's just that the first stage (denialism) is starting to become untenable.
Ah yes, the standard Foreign Office response in a time of crisis. The tactic does not get old.
THANK YOU! I was trying to remember where my brain dug this up from and I couldn't pinpoint it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751831/characters/nm0001329