A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal. Gianluca Grimalda has been reducing his air travel since 2010. But in 2023, his employer, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in Germany, terminated […]
  • Jack@lemmy.caEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    If someone does something psychotic a lot, does that make it ethical for someone-else to do it even once?

    • ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      17 hours ago

      A. air travel isn’t “psychotic”, fuck off with that ableism and

      B. he wouldn’t be doing it once, he would be doing it 0.00000000000000001% of a time

      So again:

      spare me the “every little help” platitude, at the scales we’re discussing here, this person’s itinerary makes zero difference, and only serves to alleviate his personal guilt.

      And apparently, some of yours, too!