The Man Glued His Hands To The Road

The Man Glued His Hands To The Road.

He did it because he believes the world is getting hotter, and more dangerous to live in, and that humans are responsible. That we need to be reminded.

He was clearly very committed and serious about that. And we couldn’t help but pay attention. But he pissed off loads of people.

The people who were pissed off were very numerous, and they said things like
- “his actions are going to make people want to damage the planet out of spite”.
- “he is messing up ordinary peoples daily lives just to be woke”

That first one seems like a massive, and some what stupid, over reaction. The second one is at least partially true. On the other hand Glue Man would probably argue that, if things don’t change, climate change will mess up people’s lives on a scale that makes his actions look like what they are - a man glueing his hand to the road.

I don’t know what I think about all of this.

On the one hand I’m with the glue fella, in the sense of, even if ALL of the scientists are wrong, it is clearly better that we live in a cleaner, less polluted world. And if they are right, we have got a lot worse things to worry about, than the convenience of our daily commutes.

On the other hand, he pissed a lot of people off, so maybe his actions are counter-productive.

I believe in doing things that work. It’s not always clear what does work though. But I do think, that if you believe something and you care you’ve got to at least try. I admire that in anybody, even if I disagree with them entirely.

But also, and this is really very important, it’s sensible sometimes to reflect and reassess the situation. Is it working?

It’s not always easy to know though.