I read on: "One way in which everyday crime can be discouraged is to ensure that 'capable guardians' are around to deter criminal activity. When it comes to climate change, the capable guardians are educated members of the public who counteract the deniers."
I sought the most educated person I know. The first thing he said was: "It's bloody cold, mate." I freaked out and screamed: "Be quiet! Who knows who could be listening?" I had been thinking it. He was saying it. Out loud. In public.
My mate said no one was going to tell him what to think. He rabbited on about the hockey stick, the satellite record, the "pause", 1984, Newspeak.
I left him to it. Too smart for his own good.
On Wednesday I had Radio New Zealand on all day. That helped.
I saw a police officer on Thursday but I think I got away with it. He didn't spot what I was thinking.
By Friday I was cured. I watched Al Gore's movie. I put up a poster of Leonardo DiCaprio.
Burning fossil fuels is killing the planet. We are going to drown. The polar bears are starving. The glaciers are melting. Greed has unbalanced the Earth. Corporations are bad.
It's criminal to think what I had been thinking. Thank goodness for educated people.