I think it's interesting that people are losing jobs and tenure for questioning it. The National Weather Service won't certify anyone who questions it now. (sinister German accent coming) "We have ways of making you conform, Herr Professor."
I think the planet is generally getting warmer. I read enough history to know that it's done that on and off all throughout human history. Grapes used to grow in southern England in the Middle Ages, and the Vikings found them in what is now Nova Scotia when they settled there.
Global Warming is the new "en vogue" cause. Pure and simple. Facts and science are secondary issues.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that it also provides one of the last refuges of moral outrage for those whose "morality" sanctions sodomy and infanticide.
ReplyDeleteQuite True. Do not forget to add Euthanasia to your list of "acceptable morality".
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that people are losing jobs and tenure for questioning it. The National Weather Service won't certify anyone who questions it now. (sinister German accent coming) "We have ways of making you conform, Herr Professor."
ReplyDeleteI think the planet is generally getting warmer. I read enough history to know that it's done that on and off all throughout human history. Grapes used to grow in southern England in the Middle Ages, and the Vikings found them in what is now Nova Scotia when they settled there.
It's a secular fundamentalism.
"Don't forget that it also provides one of the last refuges of moral outrage for those whose "morality" sanctions sodomy and infanticide."
ReplyDeleteThis comment doesn't make even the slightest bit of sense to me. I can only assume it is some kind of Voltron-like amalgamation of straw men.