Guest essay by Eric Worrall
David Attenborough’s latest docu-series appears to celebrate how Covid has destroyed African safari tourism, and allowing wild animals to infest abandoned human structures, and how the clear air now lets people see the Himalayas, thanks to the brutal shutdown of factories which once employed poor people in India.
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“For example, there was a game lodge in South Africa, and when the guests started coming, believe it or not, a leopard suddenly appeared and started strolling through this lovey safari lodge, and the cameraman taking the picture – what do you do if a leopard suddenly appears out of a corridor? And good luck to him, he carried on filming”.
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What do you hope viewers will get out of it? …
That human beings, with the best will in the world, cannot help but restrict the natural world. That’s what we are doing, we are pushing it aside, even the most considerate of us. That’s almost inevitable to some degree. But let us suddenly realise that we are intruders, that we are latecomers, and that the natural world would by and large do much better if we weren’t there at all.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-56752541
How did our society reach the point where such misanthropy is considered acceptable?
The last thing people reeling from the economic fallout of harsh Covid lockdowns need is mockery from the likes of Attenborough.
That nice view of the Himalayas celebrated in the interview with Attenborough? A nice view is not worth the price, if that price is that because of the factory Covid shutdowns, some people who used to work in those factories now struggle to put food on the table to feed their families.
“the natural world would by and large do much better if we weren’t there at all”…. by all means, may sir David off himself up to the next world so that this natural world be much better… you should practice what you preach lest you be called a hypocrite.
You would hope, someone whose only skill is voicing over the quality camera work and hard work of others. Would have realised by the age of 90+ He wasn’t really that clever or wise enough to advise others.
Unfortunately the BBC breeds an attitude of superiority to cover up their unscientific inadequacy.
It fools some fools, but the educated in the audience know what they are seeing and hearing.
Attenborough is a disgrace to his generation.
Probably mostly true, certainly irrelevant and definitely misanthropic. I share Attenborough’ś awe for natural beauty but lack the slightest understanding for his urge to moralise and monger fear. In particular in view of the great advancements made in environmental and wildlife protection.
Disgusting – making money out of other peoples misery and loss. Tick!
David Attenborough is an ignorant individual who doesn’t keep up with ACTUAL science, but only pushes narrative propaganda, despite making good nature documentaries. Too bad he has never visited Suspicious Observers on YT for the latest in astrophysics, astronomy, climate related issues and long-term trends with the planet.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Suspicious0bservers