It’s so much easier to protest when you aren’t the one having to make any sacrifices.
Oxford students learned this the hard way when they demanded St. John’s College sell off its investments in BP and Shell. Two students wrote to bursar (the man in charge of financial affairs) Andrew Parker demanding the college “declares a climate emergency and immediately divests from fossil fuels,” The Times of London reported. The two students claimed the college has about $10 million invested in the two oil companies.
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