I didnt say or imply they were. I was replying to Lee's post pointing out that my reply was mature and on topic but he chose not to respond. It had absolutely nothing to do with other posts on this thread.
I think there's some truth in the op although I dont agree with all of it. I was talking with a friend a couple of weeks ago, he's a police officer with seventeen years in the force. He was telling me how disillusioned he had become with a job he once loved. This was primarily caused by the effects of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the force. He personnally did'nt have and issues with that, but like the OP claims, it would seem that it has caused divisions within the force. The main issues being, the belief that many of the ethnic minority recruits were just not up to the job and had been brought into the force purely on their ethnic background. I could tell from how he was explaining it to me, there really has been division and resentment created by this kind of so called 'progressive thinking'.
That reminds of when a friend told me every time he went to a family wedding his ageing aunt would lean over and annoyingly whisper in his ear, "you're next." He said it gave him great pleasure some time later at a family funeral to lean over and whisper in his aunts ear...."you're next.."
Last time I was in Bournemouth there were quite a few homeless sleeping in tents behind the beach huts. Maybe the people who own the £200,000+ beach huts could put them up when they're not using them.....but more chance of seeing a flying pig I guess.
A man is sitting under a tree when a fox runs past him. The man is an animal lover lover. Not long later men on horses with dogs arrive. One of the men on horseback asks which way did the fox go. The man points in the opposite direction and says, it went that way.
Sometimes a person can feel justified in not telling the truth.
Yes very much so. Generally in the more remote and less populated areas the signal is either non-existant or intermitant at best. Where I am at the moment in the Highlands, no phone signal in the house or by the loch, but good signal in the garden.
"Just as we stand at the abyss of a climatic emergency, we stand at another remarkable threshold. The rate of understanding and awakening about climate change is increasing exponentially, even skyrocketing. Climate change is becoming experiential rather than conceptual. As weather becomes ever more disruptive, and awareness and concern increase, the movement to reverse the climate crisis will likely become the largest movement in the history of humankind. It took decades to create this moment.
It is natural to worry that it matters little if you are taking action if others are not. From the planet’s point of view, there is no difference between a climate denier and someone who understands the problem but does nothing.
The number one cause of human change is when people around us change. Research by Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman upends the idea that beliefs determine what we do or what we can do. It is the opposite. Beliefs do not change our actions. Actions change our beliefs.
Do you believe there is nothing you can do to make a difference? Logical.
Do you fear the future? Understandable.
Do you feel stressed about climate change? Sensible.
However, stress is your brain telling you to act. Stress is a signal; it is urging you to do something. Not only do actions change your beliefs, your actions change other people’s beliefs.
When honeybee scouts find a bounty of blooms and nectar, they return to the hive, where they do a symbolic waggle dance at the entrance of the hive. The dance signals the precise direction and distance to the flowering plants or trees. The more vigorous the waggle, the richer the source of nectar. Once worker bees have seen the dance, they have the necessary information and fly straight to the source.
It is time for humanity to create waggle dances unique to their knowledge, place, and determination.
Another way to look at this time in history is this: we are being homeschooled by the planet, our teacher."
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RE: Do you think...Over representation....creates division?
I didnt say or imply they were. I was replying to Lee's post pointing out that my reply was mature and on topic but he chose not to respond. It had absolutely nothing to do with other posts on this thread.