Comments on: Global Warming Thoughtcrimes http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/ Screams in the Night Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:32:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: benagarr http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16186 benagarr Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:26:10 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16186 Solving global warming is a lost cause. The economy will continue to spit out as much carbon as it can until there's some big reason (other than a simple desire not to) to stop it. Solving global warming is a lost cause.

The economy will continue to spit out as much carbon as it can until there’s some big reason (other than a simple desire not to) to stop it.

]]> By: Scott http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16185 Scott Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:01:25 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16185 Imagine for a second that this took place in the seventies when global cooling was all the rage. Should leaders have been jailed for not enacting policies to warm the planet up? Perhaps we should leave science to the scientists, and politics to the politicians. And keep authoritarian/totalitarianism under the guise of happy socialism where it should be, the dustbin of history. (Someone please let Obama know...) Imagine for a second that this took place in the seventies when global cooling was all the rage. Should leaders have been jailed for not enacting policies to warm the planet up?

Perhaps we should leave science to the scientists, and politics to the politicians.

And keep authoritarian/totalitarianism under the guise of happy socialism where it should be, the dustbin of history. (Someone please let Obama know…)

]]> By: wdr1 http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16181 wdr1 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:49:58 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16181 Imagine for a second it was abortion instead of global warming, and Pat Buchanan was calling for legislation to send political officials to jail for failing to take action & making abortion illegal. Even in *dire* cases, we need to let people disagree -- especially members of our government. We can't place legal threats over their heads if think a certain way. Imagine for a second it was abortion instead of global warming, and Pat Buchanan was calling for legislation to send political officials to jail for failing to take action & making abortion illegal.

Even in *dire* cases, we need to let people disagree — especially members of our government. We can’t place legal threats over their heads if think a certain way.

]]> By: Christopher Smith http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16180 Christopher Smith Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:09:04 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2008/02/07/global-warming-thoughtcrimes/#comment-16180 Dude, you are misrepresenting it. He wasn't talking about having anyone who disagrees with him jailed. He was talking about political leaders jailed for a failure to address the issue, because they are essentially committing a fraud against subsequent generations (think of it as akin for failing to call the national guard while an invader attacked your country). If anything, milder than claims [of treason](http://www.amazon.com/Treason-Liberal-Treachery-Cold-Terrorism/dp/1400050324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202457587&sr=8-1) that get bandied about like it is nothing, and more importantly, he wasn't serious. He was merely trying to get people to pay attention to what he's saying (which appears to be working). Dude, you are misrepresenting it. He wasn’t talking about having anyone who disagrees with him jailed. He was talking about political leaders jailed for a failure to address the issue, because they are essentially committing a fraud against subsequent generations (think of it as akin for failing to call the national guard while an invader attacked your country). If anything, milder than claims [of treason](http://www.amazon.com/Treason-Liberal-Treachery-Cold-Terrorism/dp/1400050324/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202457587&sr=8-1) that get bandied about like it is nothing, and more importantly, he wasn’t serious. He was merely trying to get people to pay attention to what he’s saying (which appears to be working).

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