-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My friends who are solidly on the Right are determined that we are either > incapable of impacting climate, that these is no such thing or that it's > all a Communist Plot. They vomit data (even WND "data", shame on you > Randy) and opinions and shake angry fingers to prove their points - which > are mostly about a Coming Socialist Takeover. Frankly I think they have > some points as far as questioning the extent of human impact and our > ability to forecast, but the wild paranoid conspiracy ranting makes it > hard to take seriously. > > I guess I get the basic political alignment - since we are all embedded > in it, "climate" tends towards group-oriented politics: since it triggers > group-oriented politics, it triggers counter-groupism responses - but the > stridency and dedication to the points along political boundaries still > puzzle me. Doesn't anyone care what the real answer(s) is/are? What > would happen to the political Losing Side if/when this is more > definitively answered? If (as seems majority opinion) mankind is having > an effect on climate does it mean the complete collapse of political > conservatism - even though it would mean we really do need to do > something about it? If it turns out that we can double our carbon output > four more times without harm (as Martin suggests), would the liberals > throw themselves off cliffs in droves - even though it would mean a > reprieve from looming disaster? > > I'm just interested in seeing that we continue to increase our > understanding of (climate, biology, etc). My political opinions aren't > threatened no matter what researchers discover or propose. I don't > understand the eagerness of either side to find proof that the world is > either ending any minute or that we should be free to pollute without > restriction. > > It's more than a little creepy from both sides. > Regardless of the arguments on either side, we should all endeavor to take better care of Mother Earth. You can only poison it so much before [insert pedantic issue here]. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFLIFysq1pz9mNUZTMRAl4EAKC01BekUZmj7zFkUreqfL2Egu1dQQCgwBMZ zt+wEBQY2wF5IK3HteFrTk0= =bRUz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
