Today, the situation is kind of the reverse, and we are now exhorted to propitiate the angry climate-gods after all - otherwise they will punish those homosexuals who walk amongst us with terrible deluges and inundations of a new kind, as shown by the Daily Sceptic reporting last week on a quite pathetic story in the Independent, headlined 'How climate change is hitting vulnerable Indonesian trans sex workers'. As the DS wrote, "Street-walking in a Muslim majority country undoubtedly has perils", but bad weather is not chief amongst them.
Rain of Terror
According to the Independent, the problem was that "the rainy season was lasting longer" and "winds were stronger", causing clients to stay nice and dry at home and use prostitutes there instead. Even worse, 72% of transsexual escorts in the affected region "had increased expenses" when it rained - how much do umbrellas cost in Java these days? Therefore, it was argued, "climate change makes the vulnerable even more vulnerable". But does it really? If you bother to read the whole report beyond its absolutely mental headline, you will see that most of the ladyboys involved actually enjoyed a, um, happy ending.
Comment: It remains to be seen to what extent the EU supports Senegal. Good on Senegal to want autonomy and to move away from the French post colonial rule, which was mainly to the benefit of France. It is very likely that if the EU is not able to satisfy Senegal, then other countries such as Russia and/or China will be asked.