Cynical: cyn·i·cal /?s?n.?.k?l/
When the government media complex explains to you that you deserve a $25,000.00 fine (plus taxes!) for going for a walk in public forests because you may start a fire, when in fact it is so you won’t see the government/lumber complex spraying the forests with a desiccant in order to set the area on fire and replant it with more profitable trees.
Please see this comment under last night’s post
UPDATE:
I took papers, articles about glyphosate to the hamlet office almost 2 years ago. Spent money and time, hoping we might have a discussion regarding the spraying of glyphosate, the papers disappeared. I live in a climate crisis captured thinking place.
Now all my coniferous trees are brown/dying.
I have been called delusional, a rebel, crazy…..I am with the Anishinaabe people, “We cannot continue to survive unless we stop this.”
Thomas Paine 1737-1809
“To argue with a person who has denounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”
The government peoplekind tell us glyphosate is safe and effective, I don’t believe them period
Around 1999, I contracted with Chemlawn for lawn-spraying services. I wanted the perfect house. I had 13 trees and a big backyard. I didn’t like that little sign planted in the ground stating not to walk there for three days.
Anyway, one day, after a spraying, horror overcame me. I had dead birds everywhere. And I knew it was the spray that killed them. I stopped the contract and went to war against them. These birds didn’t die in vain.
I worked hard, attended every council meeting for six months, the media had gotten involved, I had tremendous citizen support, and the more information I provided about glyphosate, the more the councillors took me seriously.
To end a long saga, my city banned glyphosate because of my perseverance. And all the cities around me followed suit because of the citizen support and media coverage.
Back then, I worked with wild birds as a sideline. People would call me about birds dying on freshly sprayed properties. On call, there were three dead crows. Another call, a blue jay going around in circles for 30 minutes and then dropping dead.
Welcome to glyphosate.
Back to Nova Scotia, it will be an aerial spraying. Therefore, I am certain they will be sending a team to pick up dead and dying birds.