Perhaps the greatest justice issue of all is intergenerational theft. The Eighth Commandment says "Thou shall not steal," … - Fred Small

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My mother [was in advertising and] worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent.

Fred Small

Perhaps the greatest justice issue of all is intergenerational theft. The Eighth Commandment says "Thou shall not steal," but every day we live unsustainably we steal from our children and their children.

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Global warming is a justice issue. It's a justice issue because global warming is theft - theft from our own children and grand children, of their right to a livable future. It's a justice issue, because its victims are, and will be, disproportionately poor and of color, those least able to contend with or to flee, the storms, droughts, famines, and rising tides of global warming.

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