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Extinction Rebellion - The Absurdity of My Industry

Formerness officer at the time, I think we are now led back. We don't talk about these issues unless they do something,. what's the word I'm looking for? Provocative, spectacular, attention-seeking, remarkable, extraordinary. When we reach the point that gluing yourself to a road is not extraordinary, it won't get reported. The fact that it causes traffic jams, and traffic jams always get reported puts that in a slightly different category. But we are a fairly ridiculous profession, and I am as much a part of it as anybody else. If I sat here every morning talking about Extinction Rebellion and either pretending to think that they were all ridiculous or being silly enough

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