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Nearly Sane

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Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« on: December 11, 2019, 02:09:19 PM »
No matter what your position is on climate change, I think this is unarguable.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50740324

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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2019, 02:41:26 PM »
No matter what your position is on climate change, I think this is unarguable.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50740324

Agreed.
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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2019, 03:33:00 PM »
that'll please Jeremy Clarkson.
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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2019, 03:37:00 PM »
that'll please Jeremy Clarkson.

It is that horrible man who is, 'mad and dangerous'. >:(
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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2019, 12:25:23 AM »
No matter what your position is on climate change, I think this is unarguable.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50740324
Greta Thunberg is a cult ! 😱

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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2019, 07:09:24 AM »
It's encouraging seeing someone so 'little' being so earnest, intense. I hope she goes on to address other/related issues but this may be her once and forever 'big' cause.

I imagine her parents are proud but also somewhat in awe of her.
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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2019, 09:09:39 AM »
Her parents are an opera singer and an actor. Rather than being in awe of her they probably think that she is a chip off both of their blocks.
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Re: Greta Thunberg named Time 'Person of the Year' for 2019
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2019, 07:48:50 PM »
A bit of both I would think. She is so different to her parents and her personality is far from neurotypical so I imagine, once she started speaking up they each thought, "She gets that from me, who'd have thought", with a smile. They must be proud.
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