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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham

I agree...I can appreciate The_Blur's attempt to play their game, though. And in-so doing...hopefully lower what stupidity they've established, at least.



On a slightly related topic...I taught a unit on environment and man's impact a couple of months ago to a group of high-schoolers. I told them all about the situation: what is the topic of discussion. I introduced the politics and opinions that are held, too.

Then I present an array of facts. Some coming from...lets call it "the left", and some coming from the right.

As I showed them these things, I made sure NOT to tell them what to think. Which was important, because I feel so strongly about this. The painfully obvious inconsistencies led them to want to know more...which was my plan. After a week or so of guided research using legitimate online sources, 9/10 of them decided that they believed the evidence suggested our planet was warming...but that it is not man who is causing it.

They decided that it is a good thing to try and save our environment by doing things like recycling, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency in most all things...but they said that it was because it was just the right thing to do. They didn't feel they needed to "save the environment" from some galactic catastrophe.

I was proud of them....I hope they remember it, as they grow up.

We're in between and over-due for another ice-age...I'll take global warming over global cooling all day long...lol...