tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840737586274446396.post1920300857772252013..comments2023-07-15T13:28:32.979+01:00Comments on One World Column: Future peopleCharlotte Du Cannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07216522431894543642noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840737586274446396.post-40409992033439238922010-03-07T19:46:34.040+00:002010-03-07T19:46:34.040+00:00About time someone started sticking up for them, a...About time someone started sticking up for them, although it is easier if we say 'children and grandchildren' than 'future people' although I realise it isn't quite the same nevertheless we don't even seem to care about children and grandchildren when we fly away on holiday<br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840737586274446396.post-60624091890212413692010-03-07T17:06:54.470+00:002010-03-07T17:06:54.470+00:00Thanks for this really interesting and useful comm...Thanks for this really interesting and useful comment.<br />Of course we can start with our children, and in other writings I do (see e.g. http://oneworldcolumn.blogspot.com/2008/11/think-of-children.html ). But I am aiming further here. Our children are only a start. For example: if we only think of our children, then we might think of nuclear power as a good thing; but if we think of more Rupert Readhttp://www.twitter.com/RupertReadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5840737586274446396.post-23417471017435113572010-03-07T11:52:20.329+00:002010-03-07T11:52:20.329+00:00I always find the term "future generations&qu...I always find the term "future generations" somewhat mystifying. The reason is, a future generation is in one sense the generation that has not yet been born. But for your comment to be meaningful, I must take it as both those people not yet born, but also as those people who will not be born during my lifetime. In that sense, you are asking me to act out of concern for people I will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com