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March 23, 2007The Immorality of Global Warming MoralizingI like this essay by Tim Thorstenson at American Thinker: Others have valid questions about how much warming will actually occur and how severe the resulting effects will really be. Still others suggest that, if the problem is indeed real and serious, then serious responses are indicated. These folks propose an honest examination of real solutions (like a renewed emphasis on nuclear power) instead of the childish games of useless treaties, carbon credits, windmills and fluorescent light bulbs that seem to enamor so many of the advocates. It is one thing to write these dissenting opinions off as factually false, but this is apparently no longer regarded as adequate by the global warming advocates. The dissent keeps popping up, it backed by some very reputable people wielding very credible facts, and the availability of alternate information outlets has made it impossible to smother the doubters and dissenters. Now enter the moral angle. If global warming is now a moral matter, it would seem to suggest an associated implication that these inconvenient viewpoints are immoral. Apparently it is now the duty of “good” people to reject these opinions on this “moral” basis and without regard to whether they are factually true or false. The most bizarre aspect of this strategy is that it is exactly what the liberals have always (unfairly) accused us conservatives of doing. Here, morality is not being used as a lens through which to view the facts, but rather as a hammer that can smash the inconvenient ones. Read, as they say, the whole thing. http://theanchoressonline.com/2007/03/23/the-immorality-of-global-warming-moralizing/trackback/ 9 Responses to “The Immorality of Global Warming Moralizing” |
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Don’t you find that when someone hasn’t a convincing or well-reasoned argument, they want to immediately shut down any who disagree with them? This is the childlike behavior and is the equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and chanting loudly “nya, nya, nya”!
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
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March 24th, 2007 at 12:34 am
And the worst of it is, legislatures are considering enacting laws imposing fines on companies (like power companies} that do not cut their carbon “footprint” down enough. As if that is going to help. Guess who is going to foot that bill…
March 24th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
A few Saturday Links
Bush’s speech yesterday on video, if you missed it. Hot AirMassachusetts shows us how to do it right. WizbangDaddy government and Mommy government. One Cosmos. Transference is strong stuff, isn’t it?Kristol and Kagan. Wrong on Timetables. Weekly Stan…
March 25th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup
And a happy Sunday to all! This pinup is obviously by Gil Elvgren, with a little help. It's almost that time for sun and fun at the beach, don't ya think?
What's happening out there?
Blogs for Bush has an incredible video about "How …
March 25th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
I like Mr. Thorstenson’s labeling Mr. Gore as the “High Priest of Global Warning.” Perhaps, Anchoress, you’d be doing blog surfers a favor if, in the future, you refer to the former V-P’s rantings with just such a link reference:
Highpriest
Of
Global
Warming
As
Stated
Here
(just read down vertically.)
March 26th, 2007 at 11:02 am
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March 28th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
The urge to criminalize the opinions of those who disagree with the Global Warming Theories has begun. And it is every bit as dangerous as anything the Nazis, Communists, and Muslims have attempted, and continue to attempt.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
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