INTERVIEW
Norman of heart (region where he created the popular university of Caen), Michel Onfray was obviously saddened by the tragedy that hit Rouen, with the fire that hit the Lubrizol plant. Since then, there has been great concern among city residents, who fear disastrous health and environmental consequences. With Anne Roumanoff on Europe 1, the philosopher denounces the media treatment of the event and the inaction of the political power.
"The usual thing of power"
"What pained me was mainly the media treatment.Of course, there was the death of Chirac who stole a little headlight, but we find what happened with Chernobyl: 'the cloud n 'is not toxic', we are told, "says Michel Onfray. The author of Décadence regrets that the media attention was almost solely focused on the death of the former president, and that the media treated the fire of Rouen "like that by the way".
"It's the usual thing about power telling us that nothing is happening, that you have to go around, there's nothing to see," he adds, recalling that the Seveso classified sites represent "major industrial risks".
"When it's really about being an ecologist, there is no one left"
According to the philosopher, the Rouen fire is also a way of highlighting a double political discourse on ecology. "Let's stop lying to people by saying that ecology is the most essential thing, when you do not care about it," he says, "when it's really about being an ecologist, there is no one left. "