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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TimF who wrote (23241)7/7/2006 5:29:38 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 541344
 
But I think that without actually arguing against projections of inevitable major disaster from anthropogenic global warming if major changes are not made very soon (next decade or so), you probably would agree that skepticism of that idea doesn't amount to something similar to believing in a flat earth.

Tim, that sentence was hard work. I literally had to parse it, really, not just the loose use of the word that folks hereabouts may use. I mean pull out the clauses and flip the multiple negatives. <g>

Yes and no. I think it depends upon the degree of skepticism. I wouldn't have any problem assessing the notion that there is no anthropogenic global warming as "flat earth." (You and I had that discussion many years ago.) But as for inevitable major disaster without an immediate major changes, no, I wouldn't. I think "skeptic" is an appropriate label for that. And I think that "true believer" is a good label for anyone who would label that particular skeptic a "flat earther." <g>
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