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Dial H For Hero

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Tue Nov 23, 2021, 11:51 AM Nov 2021

Pipelines will be blown up,' says David Suzuki, if leaders don't act on climate change [View all]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/vancouversun.com/news/canada/pipelines-will-be-blown-up-says-david-suzuki-if-leaders-dont-act-on-climate-change/wcm/5c46590d-2bb7-4aab-83c7-166e9b337b00/amp/

David Suzuki, the godfather of the Canadian environmental movement, warned over the weekend that if politicians don’t act to reverse climate change, there could be attacks against oil and gas infrastructure.

“We’re in deep, deep doo-doo,” said Suzuki Saturday, speaking at an Extinction Rebellion protest on Vancouver Island. “This is what we’re come to. The next stage after this, there are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on.”

Suzuki, reached by the National Post on Monday, said violence within the environmental movement is already happening, although he identified police actions against anti-logging protesters and anti-gas pipeline protesters as the culprits.

Asked whether or not he would support the bombing of pipelines, Suzuki said, “Of course not.”

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Suzuki is a hero cilla4progress Nov 2021 #1
I'm not sure how I feel about this Victor_c3 Nov 2021 #2
I agree rockfordfile Nov 2021 #6
I don't think he's advocating terrorism. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #7
He certainly comes close, though. Dial H For Hero Nov 2021 #13
No, that's the conservative National Post's spin on what he said. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #14
Terrorism? PTWB Nov 2021 #9
Blowing up infrastructure is for sure terrorism. nt EX500rider Nov 2021 #20
Noting that campfires are a bad idea in drought-killed forests isn't an "act of terrorism" . . . . hatrack Nov 2021 #12
I try to make a point of not admiring terrorism Bonx Nov 2021 #16
Maybe it's the only way...I'm not advocating, I'm discussing... Buckeyeblue Nov 2021 #18
Yeah, not cool, and extremely bad for the environment. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #21
That would create an oil spill. Qutzupalotl Nov 2021 #3
Yes, it would be an environmental nightmare. 😱 ShazzieB Nov 2021 #10
Depends on what they're focusing on. Short term damage, or long term damage? Lancero Nov 2021 #11
I have a lot of problems with this. Please allow me to vent. Qutzupalotl Nov 2021 #17
THE BEST WAY TO "BLOW" UP PIPELINES anti stupid Nov 2021 #4
How about subsidies for oil companies to convert to being renewable energy providers? lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #22
ah wait anti stupid Nov 2021 #28
Years ago my friends formed a Land Scout business MagickMuffin Nov 2021 #5
What do we expect? Do we think younger people are going to passively sit by while they watch jalan48 Nov 2021 #8
Blowing up pipelines would likely create even worse ecological disasters karynnj Nov 2021 #15
There's literally no ecological disaster worse than the one we're creating with climate change now NickB79 Nov 2021 #23
Well now. Isn't this just super helpful... SKKY Nov 2021 #19
There will come a day of reckoning NickB79 Nov 2021 #24
I find it rather unlikely that civilization will be collapsing in 2 or 3 decades. Dial H For Hero Nov 2021 #25
I'll gladly accept all their hate SunImp Nov 2021 #26
While I wouldn't ordinarily recommend ecoterrorism as a means to an end Mr. Ected Nov 2021 #27
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