{"id":2702,"date":"2021-01-27T03:39:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2021-01-27T03:39:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:39:59","slug":"show-the-world-australia-show-the-world-how-to-collapse-remember-when-china-and-the-us-followed-our-example-and-abolished-capital-punishmentno-me-neither-but-some-think-those-superpow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Show the World, Australia \u2013 Show the World how to Collapse. “Remember when China and the US followed our example and abolished capital punishment?No, me neither. But some think those superpowers would willingly destroy their own economies if we first destroyed out own.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/blogs\/tim-blair\/show-the-world-australia-show-the-world-how-to-collapse\/news-story\/ed2297063beee8d689efd7fb31b8dbda<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim Blair<\/b>, The Daily Telegraph<\/div>\n

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Remember when China and the US followed our example<\/a> and abolished capital punishment? No, me neither. But some think those superpowers would willingly destroy their own economies if we first destroyed out own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some like the Guardian<\/em>\u2019s David Marr<\/a>, for example:<\/p>\n

If Morrison could face the truth, he might speak not only to his country but the world. If Australia were taking effective action against climate change, this catastrophe would give us the right to demand better of the great rogue states on climate, China and the USA.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s imagine how a demanding phone call from Morrison to China might proceed:<\/p>\n

Nameless Communist Functionary:<\/strong> Hello, National People\u2019s Congress. Chang Wa speaking.<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> Hello, Mr Wa. We in Australia have just banned coal mining and halved our economy, and we were wondering if China could please do the same.<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> One moment please.<\/p>\n

(Muffled sounds of a brief conversation in Chinese, followed by 30 seconds of hysterical laughter.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> Very sorry, Mr Morrison. Ling Tao just told a funny joke about those Jiangxi province rednecks. You were saying?<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> I was saying, Mr Wa, that we\u2019ve just halved our economy \u2026<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> One more moment, please.<\/p>\n

(Further shrieks of laughter, followed by breathless gasping.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> Oh, that Ling Tao and his Jiangxi impressions.<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> This is no laughing matter! Carbon dioxide emissions have set Australia alight and our firefighters are completely exhausted. We\u2019ve now had to involve our army, navy and air force. Unless you join us in reducing emissions, I will \u2026<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> Wait. Stop.<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> Yes?<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> You say able-bodied Australians exhausted from firefight?<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> Yes. Yes, I do.<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> And you say \u2026 defence forces all very busy right now at fire?<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> Well, yes. Everybody must pitch in and help in this great battle against \u2026<\/p>\n

NCF:<\/strong> Sorry got to go now big hurry important work bye-bye.<\/p>\n

(Hangs up.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next, Morrison calls an old friend:<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump:<\/strong> ScoMo! ScoMo, old buddy! Man, am I ever glad you weren\u2019t christened Howard. What can I do for you?<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> Mr President, I need a small favour. See, we\u2019ve just crippled our economy to set an example for you and China. So, how about it? Can you maybe shut down Texas<\/a> or something?<\/p>\n

(Long pause.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump:<\/strong> Do have anything like our 25th Amendment<\/a> in your constitution? You know, something that means a leader can be thrown out if he goes crazy?<\/p>\n

Morrison:<\/strong> No.<\/p>\n

Trump:<\/strong> Didn\u2019t think so. By the way, why does this radar I\u2019m looking at show a fleet of Chinese warships headed towards your eastern coast?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/blogs\/tim-blair\/show-the-world-australia-show-the-world-how-to-collapse\/news-story\/ed2297063beee8d689efd7fb31b8dbda Tim Blair, The Daily Telegraph January 2, 2020 2:42am Remember when China and the US followed our example and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1046,700,127,27,284,1045,910,153,1047,1048],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}