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Think it was very brave of her to stand up and say that, to say she wants the right to life, to not be forced to inherit a dead planet, and that's a very bold and self aware statement for a teenager to make. It's one that obviously made a lot of people uncomfortable because it shoves what we've all been complacent in in our faces. To have a child tell us to our faces that we're all responsible for killing the planet (and especially those in charge) and that it's their lives we've ruined - well that takes a lot of guts. (and it needs to be said)