Mr. Suzuki is certainly entitled to his esteemed opinion but to jail those who disagree is dictatorial. Thomas
Genesis 8:22 : While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
John Gormley, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Much is made of Dr. David Suzuki, the science broadcaster turned
environmental activist, and his houses — their price, size, location and
number. I couldn’t care less.
The guy has made millions at taxpayer’s expense through a lifetime on
the CBC payroll where he is worshipped. Dozens of public appearances
net him speaking fees in excess of $25,000 a gig.
Suzuki is free to live where and how he pleases. But the reason his
lifestyle gets such scrutiny is that he’s got plenty of advice on how
everyone else should live.
He jets in from B.C. to lecture us on carbon footprints,
sustainability, the scourge of consumerism and depletion of the planet’s
resources. There isn’t much Suzuki won’t tell you not to do.
Predictably, when someone hectors others on how to live, people
generally look back at the person doing the lecturing; hence the
questions on houses, wealth, jet travel and lifestyle.
The latest leg on Suzuki’s perennial Western Canadian insult tour
came when he stopped this week in Saskatchewan for a book festival and
then a couple of days of appearances.
Calling Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall a “climate denier,” Suzuki
replayed his tired shtick that 80 per cent of all oil should be left in
the ground and that the planet is heating to the point that human
extinction looms.
Wall had best be careful, as Suzuki recently again demanded that
public leaders who don’t agree with him on climate change should be
“thrown into jail.”...
http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/gormley-next-time-fly-past-us-david-suzuki
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