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Originally Posted by Table 5
If Neil Young shouldn't be able to express his thoughts on energy-policy because he's a rock star, half of this forum shouldn't be able to express theirs either because they work in the energy sector and have a conflict of interest.
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The difference between us discussing here and celebrities going in front of the media is the amount of persuasion a celebrity has over people. As we saw with Jenny McCarthy's war on vaccines damage can be done when non-experts with access to media influence citizens with poorly researched information. I'm not saying Young hasn't researched but there's also no indication that he has the slightest clue about how the oilsands operate.