an interesting fact to consider(once again making me wonder why al gore left animal production out of ‘an inconvenient truth’…maybe the role of animal production in global warming is too much of an inconvenient truth even for al gore?).
“A recent report by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization reckons that at least eighteen per cent of the global-warming effect comes from livestock production.”
-moby
a public school in washington state has banned the showing of ‘an inconvenient truth’.
the reason being:
“Condoms don’t belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He’s not a schoolteacher,” said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. “The information that’s being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. … The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn’t in the DVD.”
i mean, really, what do you say to someone who believes that the earth is 14,000 years old?
many insane(and/or willfully ignorant) right-wing christians maintain that certain things, such as global warming and evolution, are just theories, and that in order to be fair and balanced teachers should give
equal time to opposing theories.
so does that mean that when they talk to students about the apollo missions to the moon they also have
to give equal time to the people who believe that the moon missions were filmed in
the desert?
how about gravity? when talking about gravity do teachers then have to find someone
who doesn’t believe in the theory of gravity?
and do there have to be globes and models of the flat earth in every classroom?
crazy crazy crazy. i would love to actually sit down with the aforementioned(and fantastically
named)frosty hardison and ask him/her a few questions:
a-so the fact that every scientist on the planet(at least the 99% who are not on the payroll
of the oil companies)believes that humans are contributing to climate change doesn’t mean
anything to you?
b-and the fact that there is not a single credible scientist who believes that the earth is 14,000
years old doesn’t concern you? doesn’t make you question that you might be wrong?
c-and where in the bible does it say: ‘thou shalt believe that the earth is 14,000 years old
or else thou shalt be smiteth upon thine head’?
although i do appreciate the insane christian right in america for being a consistent and reliable
source of wacky comedy.
just when you think they’ve reached the apex of their crazy they’ll come along with some
fantastic new gem like ‘the bible doesn’t mention global warming in revelations so therefore
it can’t be true.’
we all owe the crazy christian right for, at the very least, keeping the rest of us entertained with their
insanity.
moby