The Rev. Al Gore at it again

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Re: The Rev. Al Gore at it again

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Stewball wrote:
djross wrote:
Suture Self wrote:A scientific theory is empirical[q][86] and is always open to falsification if new evidence is presented. That is, no theory is ever considered strictly certain as science accepts the concept of fallibilism.[s] The philosopher of science Karl Popper sharply distinguished truth from certainty. He wrote that scientific knowledge "consists in the search for truth," but it "is not the search for certainty ... All human knowledge is fallible and therefore uncertain."


This reminds me of something.


What? That flooding the field with cut and pasted entire Wikipedia articles as filibusters is puerile and indicative of extreme defensiveness and low self-image? It also reminded me that Karl Popper thought Evolution wasn't even a valid scientific theory.


This reminds me of something.

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This thread should have been flagged a long time ago. It's just another soapbox thread from Stewball. An excuse to peddle his political views once more. You guys should know better than to engage him in his nonsense. He's made up his mind that his views are right and proper and that anyone deviating from those views is either misinformed, malicious, willfully ignorant or stupid. He's thoroughly convinced himself that he's right and unlike the scientific community no amount of evidence, rational argument or logic will sway him from that position. This whole thread was pointless from the start, and should be closed.

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dardan wrote:
Stewball wrote:
djross wrote:
This reminds me of something.


What? That flooding the field with cut and pasted entire Wikipedia articles as filibusters is puerile and indicative of extreme defensiveness and low self-image? It also reminded me that Karl Popper thought Evolution wasn't even a valid scientific theory.


This reminds me of something.


What, to breathe?

This thread should have been flagged a long time ago. It's just another soapbox thread from Stewball. An excuse to peddle his political views once more.


An opportunity, nay duty, which regularly presents itself because it is regularly put up on theater screens around the country/world. And your reaction to stifle is the typical liberal response around the world to views they can't rationally respond to RE: my latest thread on The Promise which you'd probably have to work very hard to find fault with.
You guys should know better than to engage him in his nonsense.


And the other liberal tactic is to attempt intimidation via name calling, technically known as the ad hominem logical fallacy. If you thought you could prevail in an argument, we could bet our last dollar that you would engage.

He's made up his mind that his views are right and proper and that anyone deviating from those views is either misinformed, malicious, willfully ignorant or stupid.


Wrong again. And I can and have admit my errors. I know that in the long run that's the only way to maintain my credibility. and I've made two major belief changes in my life. I used to be a Christian, and a Democrat voting socialist. I even voted for Jimmy Carter...twice.
He's thoroughly convinced himself that he's right and unlike the scientific community no amount of evidence, rational argument or logic will sway him from that position.


....absolutely none of which that you've provided here.

This whole thread was pointless from the start, and should be closed.


Shutting up the free speech of the opposition I mentioned, summed up perfectly is a very succinct sentence. Maybe you ought to take a look at what you think you're thinking. I mean really.....all this from you in your defense of Al Fing Gore!

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I rest my case.

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VinegarBob wrote:I rest my case.


Libs NEVER rest on their case, and will continue to put their irrational "thinking" on display. To wit:

The Smoking Guns...

We need to get some broad based support, to capture the public's imagination... So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts... Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest."
- Prof. Stephen Schneider,
Stanford Professor of Climatology, lead author of many IPCC reports

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"We've got to ride this global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic and environmental policy."
- Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation

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"No matter if the science of global warming is all phony... climate change provides the greatest opportunity to
bring about justice and equality in the world
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- Christine Stewart, former Canadian Minister of the Environment

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The data doesn't matter. We're not basing our recommendations on the data. We're basing them on the
climate models.” - Prof. Chris Folland, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research

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The models are convenient fictions that provide something very useful.”
- Dr David Frame, climate modeler, Oxford University

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"I believe it is appropriate to have an 'over-representation' of the facts on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience."
- Al Gore, Climate Change activist

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"It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true."
- Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace

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"The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe."
Daniel Botkin – evangelical emeritus professor at Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S. in art; post graduate study in English as a second language; honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the Evangelical Reformed Methodist Church

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hey mpowell, if you're looking for a reason why more Criticker users don't engage in the Forums, this thread is your answer.

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TheDenizen wrote:hey mpowell, if you're looking for a reason why more Criticker users don't engage in the Forums, this thread is your answer.


How about because most of the ones who did engage were run off. What is it that you want anyway, lack of judgement for those with sadistic proclivities who try to sell them as normal? The Right Reverend Gore makes a sequel "documentary" with deception and lies even worse than the first; you can't defend it so you snark at the people who criticize it and post damning evidence like those quotes.

Most of the people who don't want to engage, just don't. They ones that do but can't carp, while the good leftists never, ever give up The Con no matter how deep they dig their hole.

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Re: The Rev. Al Gore at it again

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TheDenizen wrote:hey mpowell, if you're looking for a reason why more Criticker users don't engage in the Forums, this thread is your answer.


This might be the most succinct wrap-up of this god-awful thread I can imagine. We've locked the topic, because it's not contributing anything to anyone.

When it first started, my initial reaction was "Oh boy. A needlessly incendiary political post only tangentially related to 'The World of Cinema', which is after all the name of this forum. Here we go!"

It was clear from the the very beginning what would happen with this topic, and we should have deleted it immediately. It has nothing to do with film, and was designed purely to provoke others. Things had just been going really well, lately, and we loathe stepping in.

We'll be a bit more on-point in the future. At least, we'll try :) Apologies to anyone who's been turned-off by this particular topic... which I suppose is just about everyone.

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