21 June 2018
In response to an editorial from the Hamilton Spectator of this date.
Ford fiddles while the earth’s atmosphere burns?
The breaking the hearts of both English and science teachers
must inspire the typist at the editorial desk. It goes along with the
inspiration drawn from wearing a tin foil hat.
In one sentence the editor manages to mangle a well-worn
cliché, demonstrate they slept through science, and failed philosophy.
The atmosphere cannot burn. It provides the oxygen
that supports the combustion of other things - no small difference when
assuming the pose of superior knowledge.
As premier-designate, Doug Ford cannot act as premier.
Even if inclined to fiddle, he’s off in the wings awaiting his turn with the
violin. It’s that old potential-act thing.
Never mind that Ontario’s contribution to world carbon
dioxide production is negligible, and half of nothing isn’t very much. As
for the belief that the earth is going to turn into Venus by the hand of man –
the clothes of that emperor are falling off faster than those of a pole dancer.
The editorial amounts to a futile and ultimately
embarrassing attempt at posing as a superior in knowledge and morals.
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