From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matt Simmons)
Subject: Re: CBM Announces Price Cuts on A4000/A1200dir
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:44:40 GMT
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Gregory R Block (gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan26.120934.18899@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, Matt Simmons (zarthac@bradley.edu) wrote:
: : : : Gregory R Block (gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
: : : : : Obviously, people do think it exists.  Obviously, enough people think
: : : : : that it exists that a great majority of society knows what it is, and
: : : : : has formed some kind of an opinion on it.
: : I'm saying that your typical eco-freak activist protestor type is probably
: : going to be a liberal, for the simple fact that eco-freak type people want
: : their _________ (insert cause here) protected, and what could protect it better
: : than big gov't to create protective legislation?
: Read very carefully what I wrote.
: 1) What I'm saying here is that a great majority of society knows about
: the Greenhouse effect/Global Warming, and has formed an opinion, for or
: against, about it.  That has nothing to do with your opinions of
: "eco-freaks", nor do I care to hear them.

And of course, the great majority of society knows the whole truth, both 
sides, i.e. they're not spoonfed the left side of the issue by the "dominant
media culture"?

: 2) You blame "eco-freaks" for wanting protective legislation?  Who else
: _IS_ there who can regulate such things on a nation-wide basis?  NOBODY.
: The national governments of the world are our only solution to the
: dilemma.

Sure, have the nat'l gov't create legislation banning anything that might
even slightly be bad....  You really don't believe in freedoms, do you?

: theories behind global warming, and I'm not dumb enough to say they're
: not possible.  Obviously, you are.  I advise you look closer at the

I'm not saying its not possible... i'm just saying that Global Warming Is 
A Huge Problem Looming Over Us And We Should Throw Large Amounts Of Money
At Eco-Groups So They Can Make It Go Away For Us.

: issues these "eco-freaks" present--they are NOT "bullshit".  Many of them
: lack clear evidence, but that is NOT a reason to write them off.  It's a
If somebody says something that strikes me as being a crock, and they don't
present clear evidence, then _I'm_ supposed to bear the burden of proving/
disproving their theories for them?

: Global Warming is POSSIBLE.  However, there isn't any clear evidence
: proving one way or the other.  Until there is, the issue is open, and no
Agreed.


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