Groundswell Show 2022
- Thread starter martian
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SilliamWhale
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The problem is everybody pollutes in some form or another.
He is only looking at one sector as a snapshot. Farming does have some problems with pollution, of course it does. So do cities, so does the media, so does flying, so does energy production, so does old people homes etc etc. Its not a wide ranging view to just say "this is wrong because it pollutes". Trade offs, trade offs all the time
- Location
- Essex
I agree with a lot of his sentiments but not the way he alienates farmers. It's no way to conduct a debate.
CopperBeech
Member
- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
I donāt know why we give these folk airspace. I canāt imagine them inviting one of us to speak to them and share our thoughts. They would be slinging abuse out way. Same as Derek Gow - the man skates regenerative agriculture and calls it a joke ..... so why give him a headline a lot and chance to push his book ?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I heard you watched him speak
CopperBeech
Member
- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
Part of it. Ended up walking out, one of two sessions I walked out of before I said something rude! The other was by an estate owner talking of the wonders of rewilding and glossing over all of the tenants they had booted out to make way for two beavers which were of negligible positive impact.
Government retracts āunlawfulā pollution guidance for Englandās farms | Pollution | The Guardian
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then why give him airtime at a (farmers ?? ) event
will part of that entry fee be paid to him ?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
problem is we are governed by opinion formers who are twit s. You can get your bottom dollar, if it was the other way round, and you gave your opinions in a vegan conference they would demand you were no platformed for micro aggressions!
- Location
- Devon
I'm sure George has got a very open mind... not
On the headline, didn't realize farmers did hold so much sway. Though seeing as everyone relies on them for life they probably ought to have a bit of sway.
On his logic, why are vegans given so much airtime/ column inches - they are such a tiny minority.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I suppose it could be "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" (attributed to Sun Tzu (å«å or å«ę¦), the famous 6th century BC Chinese military strategist and author of Sun Tzu, The Art of War)then why give him airtime at a (farmers ?? ) event
will part of that entry fee be paid to him ?
good point but no very good if it just frustrates a chap on an otherwise positive good day out .
- Location
- Essex
I intend to listen to him and ask some searching questions. Particularly what he has against farmers. He may know a lot but clearly not everything.
Go for it.
An excellent book of proverbs
CopperBeech
Member
- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
Gay people make up 2.7 % of the population, is George suggesting we should make their representation and rights in society proportional ?I'm sure George has got a very open mind... not
On the headline, didn't realize farmers did hold so much sway. Though seeing as everyone relies on them for life they probably ought to have a bit of sway.
On his logic, why are vegans given so much airtime/ column inches - they are such a tiny minority.
He talks sh*t and tries to sound clever.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Are we allowed to throw bottles of potential plant fertiliser at him?Shucks, Will miss it ,
Count me in!
I will adjourn to the Beer tent, and watch the tent lifting with the hot air being generated...good point but no very good if it just frustrates a chap on an otherwise positive good day out .
Why? Is it full of barley fed intensive beef? Or just BeefHeads??
Hahaha.... I was alliuding to the Moonbot talk, as I suspect you realised.....Why? Is it full of barley fed intensive beef? Or just BeefHeads??