Hi Chris, that was my point too. Shit happens when it comes to public understanding of big complex issues.
What remains obvious is that since we and our environment are inter-dependent, it is never going to make any sense to consume it any more that we have to or any less efficiently. All else is political posturing. Ian On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Christoffer Ivarsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> [Platt] >>> > More evidence of the global warming scam: > > Oh for the love of Thor! Why do you bother? Why? What's the point? Sure the > big grey mass of sheep known as "the public" will get a lot of things wrong, > and they will hype stuff that actually aren't as much as it will be made out > to be. That happens. > > But there is some difference between a hype cantered around climate > awareness and a hype cantered around anti-Semitism for example. > > I mean what's the harm? I personally believe that human beings DO affect the > earth with their activity - the degree of which I can't be sure of, but > since we only have one earth; better safe than annihilated. > > Sure, in the wake of this green hype that's going on, a lot of very annoying > stuff follows - pretentious people showing of their moral superiority by > making sure people see what expensive ecological food brands they buy, or > that people know that "Their car is a hybrid you know!" - and a lot of other > things that will make a Nietzschean groan. > > But you know what? I can take that. I can also take the stuff happening on a > bigger scale, on the political arena: all parties must me environmentally > aware and have plans for sustainable growth. I can take that. The fanatics, > the would-have-been-hippies-but-are-now-human ecologists; the people who > believe polar bears are more important than people are always a minority > anyway. They don't set the agenda. > > > So what is the problem here? Is all this threatening "the American way"? Is > that it? Because if the American way is defined by driving hummers and > pumping oil.. > > > > //Chris > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
