Mark writes about climate change and plans.

Author:  Mark Seymour.

Date: 26 September 2021.

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Try making sense of this..

So, to get to net zero carbon emissions.. yeah, I know it’s dry but bear with me..

‘cos even if you don’t give a toss about climate change,

you gotta be impressed by the word salad coming out of Morrison’s mouth right now.. like, a machine gun.

How does he do it?

Some lefty journo thrusts a mic in his mouth on the trot about some really pithy subject like…

The end of human civilization..

There are lots of stake holders

Know what I’m sayin’?

So you gotta pass comment. Wouldn’t be a good look to fob it off. People might think you’re a tool right? And that’d be terrible. Especially when you’re not.. in fact,

A TOOL.

Best to sound thoughtful, even brilliant, ‘cos you’re.. you know

the boss?

So somehow, you manage to cough up a line that is well, actually, I don’t know what it is. Brilliant? Or utterly stupid? A fine line you say.

I mean, it can’t be easy. To sound brilliant and stupid at the same time.. and yet, here it is.. the semblance of meaning:

“In Australia it’s not enough to have a commitment to something.

You’ve got to have a plan to achieve it. You have a plan to meet your commitment..

If you don’t have a plan you don’t have a commitment.”

Hang on.. how’d he get to that last bit?

Is Morrison a friggin’ genius or WHAT?

So to all you bleeding hearts out there..

hang on a minute!

Give the bloke a break alright? He might actually be onto something..

So let’s deconstruct..

Can you in fact, have a commitment without a plan? Empirically speaking? Well, ahh.. I hate to split hairs, but yeah. NAH. Sorry. These concepts are not mutually exclusive. Not in the annals of the history of philosophy has it ever been proven otherwise.

Ideas, belief, truth, action.. PLAN!

It’s complicated. Duh..

So not mutually exclusive then.. one doesn’t by definition, cancel the other out.. so yeah, you can.

Have.. a commitment, on balance..

WITHOUT A PLAN!

HA!

But see that’s where the magical bit comes in, ‘cos it’s not what he says. It’s HOW he’s saying it..

Kinda, with a shrug right? Like, come on mate. This shit’s really obvious. Duh..

See, if you respect the boss, ‘cos well, he’s the boss, he MUST be right..

You might even say..

“Ohh, yeah.. right.. boss says you can’t have commitment without a plan. Ok. So, no plan then. Hmm. Loving the sauce love.. who’s winning the grannie?”

Yeah? That kinda works. I’m blinded by the light.

So.. Next. Even if there’s still any lingering doubt to this claim, from all of you smartarse empiricists out there, who like me, kind of wanna dig down into the logic a bit further, there’s a special caveat..

‘cos apparently.. whereas in other parts of the world, it MIGHT be possible to have a commitment without a plan..

Apparently not in Australia. Why so grasshopper?

‘Cos Australia is different. DUH again.

“Ohh. yeah. Right. Almost forgot. We’re special. C’noath.. Fuck you too.”

Working for you now? ARE YOU GETTING IT?

No? Ok. I’ll spell it out..

IT DOESN’T MATTER. So.. NEXT..

Hang on a tick. There’s still just one small bit in there.

The bit about…

THE PLAN.

So what’s he saying about the plan again? If you follow the logic?

He said

“If you don’t have a plan you don’t have a commitment…”

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A PLAN..

Hang on mate! Is a there’s a friggin’ PLAN? Or not?

Hmm. Now there’s a thought. The end of the world and no plan..

Who’s job is that?

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