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Old 01-12-2010, 11:24 AM   #513
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Originally Posted by Lchoy View Post
The issue I have is where people are freaking out that the sky is falling and much more drastic measures are needed that quite frankly, will only have a negible impact on the environment
Conservative: "I don't know why we are spending so much money on Global Warming. It's a hoax and there is global cooling and it's just made up by evil scientists trying to make a buck."

Environmentalist: "Well, because if the whole of the ice caps melt, the world will look like this. Are you willing to take the chance that we are wrong?"


Conservative: "Bunch of chicken littles trying to scaremonger."

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You can't win. If environmentalists were to soft-pedal the issue, it doesn't get taken seriously. If environmentalists push the issue, they are labelled 'alarmists'. I don't know what you want.
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