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Originally Posted by Botnst
Whatever.
If you wish to promote an idea by using a "personality", choose one who has credibility. It's EXACTLY equivalent of using Shawn Penn or some other high-profile, low-knowledge loser. F**k'em one and all.
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I'm not promoting an idea by personality. In the above article, what Mr. Moore said regarding dioxin was factual. The flip side of the "promoting an idea via personality" coin is the "he doesn't know what he's talking about because he's an industry shill or got paid off by ______". It seems to be a broken record when anyone says something counter the feel-good environmental movement.
This is why I said his ideas are worth listening to. Rather than punt the person, punt his argument. If one is a shill, like Al Gore for example, his arguments are fairly easy to counter.
With regard to the article in the OP there is very little regarding actual fact (the stuff on dioxin and PVC) and more on fluff about Mr. Moore. It is, however, an illustrative look at emotional vs. intelligent thinking which is very pertinent in today's environmental movement.