Now this is just stupid
Kasia July 8th, 2008
Stupid. And plain wrong.
So the G8 summit is going on, and while these poor overworked world leaders are discussing critical food shortages and rising food prices, this is what they’re eating.
“Questionable public relations move” doesn’t even begin to say it. That must be that British gift for understatement shining through.
And Gordon Brown is lecturing Britons not to waste food. That’s rich.
I admit I’ve wasted plenty of food in my life. It’s a terrible habit, and I’m working on curbing it.
That said, admonishments from world leaders would carry a lot more weight if there were even a shred of evidence that they’re making similar efforts. Kind of like environmental causes: the sincere efforts of people like Mr. and Mrs. DJ to use less toxic cleaners and otherwise try to live green ring louder than a hundred rich yahoos who go around shouting at me to hang out my washing and eat less meat, as they get back into their Land Rover or Hummer or three tour buses (which they’ve left idling) to go on to their next stop. (Include in that latter category Al Gore, who wants me to purchase carbon offsets which are conveniently sold by a company he owns.)
Hey G8! Have you ever heard of “teleconferencing”? You’d knock the carbon footprint of the summit down to about a size 0.5 with that.
At the very least, don’t shovel eight courses of gourmet food into your mouths and then try to talk about food shortages. It’s rude to talk with your mouth full.
