I don't think he's an MLA. I believe he is a failed candidate.
He failed miserably at Federal and Provincial levels. Maybe even Municipal but I'm not 100% certain on that part.
He is in deep trouble at his place of work. His place of employment has issued a press release regarding negative comments made by an employee's private account not reflecting the place he works with or the people he works with.
He also is on the board of a public entity in Lethbridge who has issued a statement distancing themselves from his comments.
He failed miserably at Federal and Provincial levels. Maybe even Municipal but I'm not 100% certain on that part.
He is in deep trouble at his place of work. His place of employment has issued a press release regarding negative comments made by an employee's private account not reflecting the place he works with or the people he works with.
He also is on the board of a public entity in Lethbridge who has issued a statement distancing themselves from his comments.
Can't find either one. Was it on FB or an actual press release?
You know, blaming global warming/climate change for literally every disaster is an excellent way to create a 'boy who cried wolf' scenario. As it is, virtually the entire population simply doesn't care - people might say they care, and they might turn off a bedroom light for earth hour and be all proud that they were 'helping' - but a vanishingly small percentage of the populace would actually do something significant about it. So these rush to judgment stories are only likely to make people tune out even further.
Not sure what you're getting at here. It's been pretty common knowledge for a while now that increased global temperatures are significant factor in the increasing number of forest fires.
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The point I am getting at is that the level of sociopathic schadenfreude some people are expressing - and that NDP tool is hardly the only one - is more likely to make people stop listening.
The point I am getting at is that the level of sociopathic schadenfreude some people are expressing - and that NDP tool is hardly the only one - is more likely to make people stop listening.
I didn't see the tweet in question so I can't really comment on the content, but what you're arguing kind of begs the question of whether said people were willing to listen in the first place. I think we're pretty well at the point where most people who accept climate change are pretty well aware of the consequences of it and the people who don't have demonstrated that they're not really interested in paying attention to any evidence or expert analysis on the matter (not saying that's what the NDP dude was doing).
I didn't see the tweet in question so I can't really comment on the content, but what you're arguing kind of begs the question of whether said people were willing to listen in the first place. I think we're pretty well at the point where most people who accept climate change are pretty well aware of the consequences of it and the people who don't have demonstrated that they're not really interested in paying attention to any evidence or expert analysis on the matter (not saying that's what the NDP dude was doing).
You know, blaming global warming/climate change for literally every disaster is an excellent way to create a 'boy who cried wolf' scenario. As it is, virtually the entire population simply doesn't care - people might say they care, and they might turn off a bedroom light for earth hour and be all proud that they were 'helping' - but a vanishingly small percentage of the populace would actually do something significant about it. So these rush to judgment stories are only likely to make people tune out even further.
Considering the circumstances, that's a pretty grim assessment of our situation. It can't be a rush to judgement if the predictions that have been made for decades are coming true.
Also, the boy who cried wolf was lying, until right at the end. That story and its message don't really fit.
everyone is allowed to have opinions -- even if they are different from our own value. Why are we wasting time on a "lone wolf"? (do we not have better things to do?)
seriously.... What is upsetting?
Would even we respond if it was a disturbed Xtian telling us the fire was "gods will" for LGBT policies?
in a free speech society.. everyone has the right to their own... even weird... opinion.
You don't have to waste your time trying to correct anyone with a different view of the world.
Would even we respond if it was a disturbed Xtian telling us the fire was "gods will" for LGBT policies?
Um, yes, we would. In fact, with respect to just such a person, Hitchens put it rather eloquently.
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We may find out. Does Calgary still have that mouthy bishop?
Seriously? I may disagree with just about anything Fred Henry says, but he, as well as Catholics in general, aren't known for attributing natural or man made disasters to unrelated societal movements. That's Westboro Baptist Church and Pat Robertson territory.
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Go to the Guardian site and read the comments from readers in the article on the fire. It's funny how many people have adopted global warming as a kind of religion.
Looking for a simple explanation for powerful events or phenomena: check
Creating a narrative with malign agents: check
Warning about apocalypse while getting satisfaction at the prospects of a fallen world getting its just deserts: check
Relying on a dogmatic model of cause and effect to avoid facing our vulnerability to a terrifyingly indifferent natural world: check
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Not sure what you're getting at here. It's been pretty common knowledge for a while now that increased global temperatures are significant factor in the increasing number of forest fires.
I'd say we've reached the stage where it stopped being a scientific issue that people assess based on evidence and rational analysis, and become just another ideological battleground.
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He's sorry that you interpreted that as an attack on the people of Fort Mac. The typical "not an apology, apology" or that "I'm sorry that you're offended" double down.
