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Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by neo96
Climate change IS the climate working
WCmutant
reply to post by neo96
Only if WMD stands for Weapons of Mass Dumbassery.edit on 18-2-2014 by WCmutant because: (no reason given)
Sounds like someone needs some Fat Soluble, Antirachitic Vitamins . D imparticular . Getting enough Sun lately Sonny ?
Too bad that so many innocent people have to suffer with these fools ...
The problem of deliberately targeting the very young using scare stories to win their attention and attract them to political causes or even actions was described in the context of many eco-scares by Herbert London in 1984, in his book 'Why Are They Lying to Our Children'. Climate scares get a mention there, but since then we have seen many quite outrageous efforts by climate activists to, in Lomberg's words, scare 'our kids silly'. He also noted (this is 2009): 'We see the same pattern in the United Kingdom, where a survey showed that half of young children aged between seven and 11 are anxious about the effects of global warming, often losing sleep because of their concern. This is grotesquely harmful. And let us be honest. This scare was intended. Children believe that global warming will destroy the planet before they grow up because adults are telling them that