Post by marchesarosa on Apr 1, 2012 15:18:26 GMT 1
From Bishop Hill bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2012/4/1/more-black-and-greenery.html
The BBC's Richard Black has been getting involved in drafting an environmental call to arms in the Basque Country, which goes by the name of the Donostia Declaration:
Coming after the BBC accepting free programming from green groups, coming after the Cambridge Media and Environment Programme and the revelations of the Climategate II emails, this is probably not much of a surprise. But I think it is fair to say that we have to start asking questions about the integrity of the members of the BBC Editorial Standards Board.
Foxgoose comments:
As far as I can see, this is BBC participation in an attempt to suborn democracy.
People forget that the organisations we once called "pressure groups" (and now refer to rather less explicitly as "NGO"'s) are all simply attempts by groups of people with strong opinions to get what they want without having to work through the normal processes of elective democracy.
Every decision taken by a government (or transnational institution) on the advice of an NGO is a direct disenfranchisement of other citizens who voices haven't been heard.
The worst UK example I can recall is Milliband E inviting Friends of the Earth Activist (& Eng Lit Grad) Bryony Worthington to draft the Climate Change Act.
What we're really seeing here is a serious attempt at a transnational coup - and this is just another brick in the wall.
see also blackswhitewash.com/2012/03/30/a-global-coup-detat-part-two-richard-black/
The BBC's Richard Black has been getting involved in drafting an environmental call to arms in the Basque Country, which goes by the name of the Donostia Declaration:
The Declaration called for RIO+20. It also asked for the summit to make decisions on “Global Governance”, “Global Goals”, “A Global New Green Deal”, “Mobilisation”, “Education For Sustainable Development” and finally for the complete implementation of “Agenda 21".
Coming after the BBC accepting free programming from green groups, coming after the Cambridge Media and Environment Programme and the revelations of the Climategate II emails, this is probably not much of a surprise. But I think it is fair to say that we have to start asking questions about the integrity of the members of the BBC Editorial Standards Board.
Foxgoose comments:
As far as I can see, this is BBC participation in an attempt to suborn democracy.
People forget that the organisations we once called "pressure groups" (and now refer to rather less explicitly as "NGO"'s) are all simply attempts by groups of people with strong opinions to get what they want without having to work through the normal processes of elective democracy.
Every decision taken by a government (or transnational institution) on the advice of an NGO is a direct disenfranchisement of other citizens who voices haven't been heard.
The worst UK example I can recall is Milliband E inviting Friends of the Earth Activist (& Eng Lit Grad) Bryony Worthington to draft the Climate Change Act.
What we're really seeing here is a serious attempt at a transnational coup - and this is just another brick in the wall.
see also blackswhitewash.com/2012/03/30/a-global-coup-detat-part-two-richard-black/
