Hi Ann, When I saw the film last night there were only about 12 other people there. I found it very odd that at 52 years old I was the youngest in attendence, I had expected to see quite a few "Tree Hugger" hippie types, among which I used to, and still do to a great extent, number myself. The movie is food for thought, it shows some very real things that are, and have been, happening. It, however, blames carbon dioxide for the vast majority of the earths ills, this is only one of many factors. There are many other factors involved, some man-made, some natural. It is worth seeing, if you can get in cheaply, but at the 12 dollars it cost me a trip to the library or a bit of research on the internet would probably have been a better way to spend my time.
Just MHO Don > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Ann Sanfedele > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:18 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: global warming > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > ======= > > People who think the earth or nature can recover from anything > thrown at it, > > tend to scare me. I have seen environmental degradation in my > lifetime. It's > > not hard to see if you are looking. Whether or not global > warming or an ice age > > (I remember that too) will result from pollution is a moot > point to me. We > > may not be able to predict the future as well as we think > because there are > > always unforeseen factors, but SOMETHING will result. Less > arable land, less food, > > less drinking water is likely. So maybe people need some > scaring to think > > about how their own actions can affect nature. To think about > alternatives. > > > > I can't defend the science either way. But mankind's rampant > growth resulting > > in a negative impact on nature is fairly clear to see. > > > > Marnie aka Doe > > > Marnie, very well put -- and I'm with you 100%. > I guess I need to see the Gore film even though, in my case, > the film would be preaching to > the choir I'm in.... > I'm also scared by people who divide every issue into > "liberal" and "conservative" > "right" and "left" and dismiss the Gore film on that basis. > NY times, btw, ain't > so liberal as it usta be, and "looking at both sides of the > story" as a line tops > off a lot of stories. > > Just happened to have jumped back from lurking to see > today's comments on list... > > The assaults on the environment that I've witnessed and that > were pointed out to me > by my geology professors in the late 60's and early 70's > made me pay attention. > > Not to mention "Silent Spring." > > Unfortunately, I think the audience for the the film Gore > narrates is largely going to > be made up of people who have some inkling of the mess we > have put the environment in > and possibly Gore being the person who narrates the film may > make it harder for some to > see the points of the film or want to see the film at all. > > Ann > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
