Archbishop of Canterbury is forced to make grovelling apology for 'offence to Jews' after saying failure to get a climate change deal would mean 'genocide on an infinitely greater scale' than committed by the NAZIS

A rather dim archbishop. I note that the press are referring to "Mr Welby" rather than "His Grace". I rather dislike that. I demeans his great office as Cantuar. And there have been many good men who have filled that office

The Archbishop of Canterbury today issued a grovelling apology after saying failure to get a climate change deal would mean a worse 'genocide' than committed by the Nazis.

Justin Welby said he was sorry for 'offence caused to Jews' after making the extraordinary remarks at the COP26 summit.

Mr Welby has given a series of interviews to broadcasters, and in one he told the BBC leaders will be 'cursed' if they don't reach agreement on climate change in the next fortnight.

He said failure to act would allow 'a genocide on an infinitely greater scale' than was committed by Hitler's regime.

But before the footage was even aired he tweeted in a desperate bid to defuse the backlash. 'I unequivocally apologise for the words I used when trying to emphasise the gravity of the situation facing us at COP26,' he wrote.

'It's never right to make comparisons with the atrocities brought by the Nazis, and I'm sorry for the offence caused to Jews by these words.'

Mr Welby said in the interview: 'People will speak of them (current world leaders) in far stronger terms than we speak today of the politicians of the 30s, of the politicians who ignored what was happening in Nazi Germany because this will kill people all around the world for generations, and we will have no means of averting it.'

Asked whether that mean failure to act on climate change would be worse than people allowing genocide to happen, he replied: 'It will allow a genocide on an infinitely greater scale.

'I'm not sure there's grades of genocide, but there's width of genocide, and this will be genocide indirectly, by negligence, recklessness, that will in the end come back to us or to our children and grandchildren.'

The initial reports of the Archbishop's remarks caused outrage.

Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said: 'If this is as reported it is so sickening that I simply cannot comprehend how Welby can remain as a priest, let alone Archbishop.'

However, he added after Mr Welby retracted the words: 'Welby apology was quick and clear. And a proper apology, not mealy mouthed. An incident to note and move on.'

Before the apology Downing Street had declined to criticise the Archbishop. 'We have seen from the PM's speech how seriously he takes this,' Mr Johnson's spokesman said. 'It is a matter for individuals how they choose to frame it...

'Those attending here understand how serious this is.'

The comments by Mr Welby came amid a flurry of blood-curdling warnings at the summit about the consequences of failing to tackle climate change.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10153483/Archbishop-Canterbury-apologises-saying-climate-change-worse-NAZIS.html

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Florida 'Teacher of the Year,' 60, is arrested after 'HITTING a student in the face in argument over her use of the N-word in class'

A rather dim teacher reacts badly to insolence

A Florida educator who was named Teacher of the Year at her school last week was arrested for allegedly striking a student in the face after the girl claimed on social media that the teacher had used the 'N-word' in class.

English teacher Caroline 'Melanie' Lee, 60, was booked into the Duval County Jail on a child abuse charge on Friday and made her initial court appearance on Saturday.

Lee was arrested after calling a student into her classroom to speak privately and allegedly striking the female student on the face and leaving the minor with a bloody nose, according to The Florida Times-Union, citing a Duval Schools Police report. A judge barred her from making any contact with the victim and ordered her to stay away from the school.

The confrontation was instigated by an Instagram post by Duval County Public Schools on Wednesday of Lee being named Teacher of the Year at Darnell-Cookman Middle/High School, according to the police report.

Several comments on the post questioned the recognition, with one user writing: 'isnt (sic) this the teacher who thought it was ok to say the n word while reading smth (sic) for educational purposes.....'

Lee replied that she only used the slur in the context of discussing John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men.

The student shot back that saying the word 'in anyway (sic) doesnt (sic) make it any better.'

On Friday, Lee asked to speak to the student who made the comment about her use of the racial epithet.

When the girl got to Lee’s classroom, the student said, Lee closed the door behind her. The 5-foot-2, 117-pound teacher then reached across the table and struck the child in the face with the heel of her palm, causing her nose to bleed, according to the police report. She then allegedly continued hitting the girl on the head while calling her a 'f***ing b****,' News4Jax reported.

When the girl tried to stop the teacher from hitting her by grabbing her hands, Lee allegedly kicked the student in her lower leg. She then ordered the child to 'get out.'

Lee denied physically harming the student, telling a police officer that she only wanted to talk to the student whose Instagram message she perceived as 'a threat to kill her.' But, she added, she was 'not afraid' and 'did not feel the need' to report the message to staff.

The 60-year-old educator, however, could not explain the girl's bloody nose.

School surveillance video showed Lee 'walking at an aggressive pace' to her classroom before the incident and the student, about four minutes later, leaving the classroom holding her face and walking with a 'low demeanor' to a guidance counselor’s office, where she reported the incident, the responding officer said in the report.

Duval Schools Superintendent Diana Greene said in a statement that the allegation was 'beyond disturbing' and that schools officials will cooperate with all investigations.

Lee was released from jail on Saturday without bond. She is due back in court on November 22.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10152533/Florida-Teacher-Year-arrested-HITTING-student-questioning-selection.html

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