Well that's just damned "inconvenient" for him, eh?....

:D

But hey, what difference do a few "minor details" make?... He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner now! :rolleyes:

I'm still trying to figure out how making a movie about global warming (furthermore, a movie full of inaccuracies, innuendo, and theories casually presented as facts) qualifies one for a "peace" prize.... I guess I missed something?....

Mike

My fault, I copied the news item from BBC so "High Court" is in Britain. It was some sort of suit brought against using "Earth in the Balance" as a classroom instructional aid alleging that the documentary was in fact, a bit of political propaganda. The court found for the plaintiff. The documentary may still be used but it must be accompanied by warnings about it's biased nature, etc.

On a related subject but not targeting solely "Balance", I object to using the term "documentary" for any movie that isn't obviously a piece of fictional entertainment. To me, a documentary should make an attempt at fairness in it's presentation otherwise why not be truthful and call it what it is: Propaganda.

B

That wouldn't be all that surprising.

....pretty funny though.

Tom W

I guess you might have to read their statement about why they gave it to Al.

Tom W

Did Al call it a documentary?

I am pretty puzzled.

You agree with his position on global warming, you have not seen the movie, and yet you are offended by the way he presents the problem in the movie, calling it propaganda.

I think maybe here is where I ask you how you, what is it that you like to say to folks, intuitively know what Al said in the movie?

I just don't see how someone can take such different stances on a subject without throwing their back seriously out of line.

You also claim to be non political but any politician who has any "liberal" views gets attacked consistantly by you.

Tom W

Does Earth in the Balance = Inconvenient Truth? I haven't seen it.

Dang, I can't keep my propaganda straight. I should have written "Inconvenient Truth".

B

Who knows? I give it 60-40 that he's right on all counts.

Latest prediction is that the arctic icecap will be gone in 20 years. Won't raise sea levels but it will add to global warming as ice reflects sunlight, open water doesn't.

Laugh while you can, ya'all.

Tom, are you being rude to our chief scientist? :mad:

1. What did Mr Gore get the Oscar for, Best Actor?

2. I would never, ever base my opinion on some damned movie or other. I believe that the (still ambiguous) data point to a significant anthropogenic component to global warming. I do not think that humanity caused global warming. I don't think that humans can stop global warming but I think we can reduce the rate of planetary warming through a more conservative approach to fossil fuel use. Does that mean I agree with Al Gore's statements in the movie? I don't know, I haven't seen the movie.

3. I have seen some clips of the movie and I have heard whan Al Gore says about the movie. I assume that Al wouldn't intentionally lie about his own movie. I assume you wouldn't lie about the movie. In fact, I cannot imagine why anybody would lie about the movie: It would be so easy to disprove the lie.

4. See 2 & 3.

5. I have never claimed that I am apolitical. That would be a ludicrous statement and factually innaccurate. I haven't often attacked liberal positions because I consider myself a liberal -- in it's original definition, not Limbaugh's and not the Democrat Party's definition. I most definitely have attacked Democrat Party positions because I see many of their most cherished positions as illiberal.

B

Regardless of whether I agree with Mr. Gore or not, the man has done more than enough to earn my respect and admiration. Enough said.

Yeah you sure did. Maybe you were not paying attention. That sarcastic rant of yours maybe distracted you or something.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21262661/

You all really need to see the movie.

Tom W

Can't find anything in your linked story that shows that Gore's film isn't "a movie full of inaccuracies, innuendo, and theories casually presented as facts" as Mike puts it. It is a matter of law in England that it is political propaganda and a matter of common sense here that the same holds true.

Yeah, yeah.

However....

There's an "inconvenient truth" that Gore and the Chicken Little Squad seems to be "conveniently" ignoring: The ice cover in ANTARCTICA has been growing THICKER and LARGER during the same time period.

Hmmm.....

Mike