tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post4224742125718220..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Indoctrinating Green WarriorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-8007724179618188822007-11-08T22:48:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:48:00.000-05:00Anonymous wrote:>If [man-caused global warming] we...Anonymous wrote:<BR/><BR/>>If [man-caused global warming] were to prove true, what would be the appropriate way to address the issue?<BR/><BR/>Well, if it is possible to prove that something half-man, half-bear and half-pig does in fact exist, I think the problem should be tacked the same way capitalism solves for any other question of damages. One must first prove actual harm according to legal standards of proof. Note that this is something that greens cannot do now (as recently evidenced by the myriad of caveats required for "An Inconvenient Truth" to be shown in British public schools). In fact, the best greens can do is merely <I>assert</I> that global warming is causing problems for man, like Al Gore did when he asserted that Hurricane Katrina was more violent due to man-caused global warming.<BR/><BR/>Well, just how much more violent? After all, if the theory of man-caused global warming is true and damages are to be assigned, isn't it fair to establish just what actions man is responsible for, and what actions he is not? Only then do I think that it is proper to talk about finding culpable parties, assigning damages and limiting behavior.Nicholas Provenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926131141263622350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-16345051756254422702007-11-08T22:15:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:15:00.000-05:00I recently graded essay exams by students asking t...I recently graded essay exams by students asking them what they would take back to the future on an exploration expedition. Some of the answers are shocking. One of the students wrote " I would warn them not to start globle warming or elts the earth would die and I would not be born."<BR/><BR/>Another one talked about using Indian corn to make ethanol to power an airplane he'd brought back from the future (because there are no gas stations in the distant past). That's perfectly logical, but you know that students are learning about ethanol as some sort of viable solution. Yuck. This bothers me immensely.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223664599729768316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-56137740499442162542007-11-06T21:10:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:10:00.000-05:00I'm interested in your comment, "even if the theor...I'm interested in your comment, "even if the theory of man-caused climate change proves true". If it were to prove true, what would be the appropriate way to address the issue? (I don't say "problem", because it might not <I>be</I> a problem for everyone). I realize the proper framework in which to consider the issue is that of property rights, but how would that work concretely?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-51344656609827732982007-11-06T10:58:00.000-05:002007-11-06T10:58:00.000-05:00Two Points,Don’t expect any of those kids to come ...Two Points,<BR/><BR/>Don’t expect any of those kids to come into contact with any opposing viewpoints for a very long time. I remember when I was a kid; I thought that the “fact” that man was destroying the entire world was a complete unquestionable fact, like the fact that the sun is the center of the solar system. This is because I NEVER heard an opposing viewpoint, every person I had ever heard talk about the subject said that man was destroying the earth and causing global warming. I heard it from my parents, television, books, news, and school; I was completely saturated with this idea. The very first time I ever heard an opposing viewpoint was when I sat down to watch 20/20 and saw John Stossel challenge the whole global warming idea, and It blew my mind! It was like hearing for your entire life that the earth is flat and then one day you hear somebody say the exact opposite of something that didn’t even occur to you could be challenged.<BR/><BR/>The second point is,<BR/><BR/>The effect of being indoctrinated with all this global warming propaganda is not the most harmful aspect. In my opinion the most harmful aspect is the hatred for mankind that it instills upon kids. I remember when I was younger, that I felt such intense hatred for human beings that I wished that they would be wiped off the planet. And even after I started to challenge the environmentalist propaganda I still felt a great hate for man. But fortunately I discovered Ayn Rand, and I don’t have to tell you what she thinks about Man.Apollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701446110959016481noreply@blogger.com