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DarthFerret
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I actually had the pleasere of attending one of her US lectures in college in 92. She was a very inspiring person.
Both, but at different times.So is it mothers or global warming that pisses you off?
Yes, perhaps I should clarify. She was the first politician to utilize the "global warming" issue as a political weapon, and therefore give the idea that man-made global warming was an immediate threat, and needed to be counteracted immediately. Her argument declared that the UK should be switching to nuclear power, but only because it was "green", and not because they were having problems with their coal industry at all. She didn't invent the issue, but rather made it largely public and gave it weight. While the issue did exist beforehand, it became a far more significant public issue following some of Thatcher's statements.You're giving her a lot of credit there. Carbon dioxide's link to global warming was documented long before Margaret Thatcher was born. And while environmentalism has changed over time, it's quite a leap from "Thatcher's tenure as PM predates current incarnations of environmentalism" to "Thatcher caused current incarnations of environmentalism."
That's from G.I. Jose, right?I just had to know, and knowing is half the .......... Well you get it.
Ah, that'd be interesting to see. Actually, I'd think that would've been of interest even for political opponents and people that generally didn't like her. Occupying the position that she did at the time that she did, she had a unique vantage on the Cold War.I know next to nothing about all that. Her lecture at the campus revolved around communism and the steps that were taken to assist in ending the cold war.
I see. I do wonder whether it just following an emergent trend that wasn't yet in the zeitgeist or perhaps the beginning of a trend that was bound to happen anyway, but it does seem that her invocation of global warming as an impetus for specific political action was, at least on that scale, something novel at the time. Somewhat funny because usually whenever I see people blaming politicians for anything related to global warming, it's Al Gore.Yes, perhaps I should clarify. She was the first politician to utilize the "global warming" issue as a political weapon, and therefore give the idea that man-made global warming was an immediate threat, and needed to be counteracted immediately. Her argument declared that the UK should be switching to nuclear power, but only because it was "green", and not because they were having problems with their coal industry at all. She didn't invent the issue, but rather made it largely public and gave it weight. While the issue did exist beforehand, it became a far more significant public issue following some of Thatcher's statements.