Eric Worrall writes: A prominent “climate guilt” billboard which was to have been displayed in Brisbane Airport, presumably somewhere global G20 meeting delegates could see it as they arrive over the next few days, has been vetoed by airport authorities.
According to the Brisbane Times;
“BAC [Brisbane Airport Corporation] told Fairfax Media the billboards were rejected last Wednesday because they were deemed to be “political”.
World Wildlife Fund, one of the nine groups asking for the billboard to be in place, said they were surprised the billboard was rejected by Brisbane Airport Corporation.
Fairfax Media was told BAC had a “long-standing policy” to reject advertising which it deems political.
I guess making G20 delegates feel bad about air travel, as they disembark to attend the big international policy setting conference, was a step too far, even for a modern environmentally friendly airport authority.
Actually I would like to see all billboards banned, commercial or otherwise, they are an obnoxious blight on the land. Eyesores of excessive stupidity and proportion. Yeah I know free speech, the public square and all that – just dreaming…
Sort of related: Not only have the Republicans won both House and Senate, Inhofe will be in charge of the climate chair!
Not sure if anyone else appreciates the irony of an environmental group trying to shame G20 delegates who are arriving in droves by airplanes to discuss reducing CO2 emissions.
The Freedom of Speech does not guarantee a podium from which to speak.
It speaks from the Podium of Responsibility.
Am I the only one that sees incredible irony in the WWF and Greenpeace joining others to complain about international organisations?
It looks like the BAC managers understand that climate alarmism is highly political, and that green organzations are really just political lobby groups hiding behind the banner of saving the planet. Good for the BAC.
The vast majority of the public do not understand this.
Climate alarmism and these green groups have done tremendous damage to the environmental movement. They have made environmentalism a laughing stock, they have sent it back to the 1970’s.