The idea would seem to be, get someone to present an exaggerated claim, show it to be false, then claim that therefore there is no problem.
Happens all the time with climate change denial. On 6 January 2014 08:57, <[email protected]> wrote: > Now the question is, do you believe the opposite of what SNOPES has > presented? Also, as global peasants, we have no influence over what the > scientists look for on behalf of politicians, their bureaucrats, or the > billionaires that pay them. We can have an opinion about being thrown out a > window from twenty stories up, but we have no control over gravity-this is > known as free will. > -----Original Message----- > From: Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 9:57 am > Subject: Fukushima myth > > http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fukushima.asp > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
