BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!!!
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!!!
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!!!
Over the course of the Climate Letter Project, I wrote on KXL many times. Here’s a paragraph extracted from one of those letters. Then watch what I do with it…for your benefit:
• If another nation dropped a bomb on Canadian forest land, exterminating everything within a 42-hectare space, it would rightly be condemned as egregious aggression; an act of war. If a sectarian group did the same thing it would justifiably be called terrorism. Why is it that when the same damage is committed by a multinational corporation, it’s simply part of the cost of doing business? Who’s the terrorist in this picture?
Here’s a “mad-lib” version. I’ve simply given three variations for each of the phrases in the original. Pick and choose, copy and paste, and you’ll formulate your own marginally unique “talking point” for a public comment against the KXL.
Ready? Have fun.
If
a – (another nation)
b – (a foreign power)
c – (a hostile country)
a – (dropped a bomb on a)
b – (blew up a huge swathe of)
c – (poisoned all life in a)
Canadian forest,
a – (exterminating everything within a 42-hectare space,)
b – (killing everything for miles around,)
c – (leaving a still and barren landscape,)
it would rightly be
a – (condemned as egregious aggression.)
b – (considered an act of war.)
c – (recognized as a crime against humanity.)
If
a – (a sectarian group)
b – (religious zealots)
c – (a group of madmen)
did the same thing it would
a – (justifiably be called terrorism.)
b – (be considered an act of terror.)
c – (condemned by civilized people everywhere.)
a – (When the same acts are committed by a multinational corporation,)
b – (When TransCanada and its partners do the same thing,)
c – (But if it’s Big Oil doing it,)
it’s
a -(simply part of the cost of doing business.)
b -(it’s not even newsworthy.)
c – (there are no cries of outrage from our citizens or our leaders.)
a -(What’s wrong with this picture?)
b -(It looks like the difference between terrorism and capitalism boils down to “profits.”)
c -(This is a potentially disastrous state of affairs.)
There are a lot of possible combinations.
Now, go to:
Click on “Comment Now” and off you go. Cut and paste whatever you like from the compilation of letters and bullet-points above. Comment more than once. Get your friends to comment. Get your mother to comment. Get your kids to comment. If you’re a teacher, get your students to comment. If you play in a band, get your bandmates to comment. If you have a website, get your readers to comment.