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• Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:35 AM

  Brute: you still don't get it

  You're still not connecting the dots.

  Suggesting policy decisions based on science is some sort of taboo best left to non-scientists doesn’t seem quite right.

  I think what you're trying to say is "suggesting policy decisions based on science have to exclude non-scientists." Which is not what I'm saying. Not at all.

  Let's try it one more time.

  Discussions of what should be done, personally and governmentally, about the human-caused climate change that scientists agree is taking place is absolutely something that everyone has to be part of.

  But in 2008, denying the climate change is taking place is a matter of fact, not opinion. And either a mistake or a lie. It's that simple.

  The parallel you try to draw to the Iraq/Afghanistan war is absolutely bogus:

  I’m not a 4 Star General or International Diplomat but I definitely have opinions regarding the “War on Terrorism”. I’m certain that every person reading this post would have an opinion on that topic. Following your line of reasoning, the United States should take the exact advice of Petraeous and the Joint Chiefs, (or George W. Bush) without question. What you are asking is to follow blindly, without question.

  No. On your analogy, the military parallel to your arguments on climate change would be "Al Qaeda the Taliban and terrorism don't really exist at all, despite what the so-called experts say, so there is no need to even talk about military force."

  Again: it's your absolute right, which I totally support, to advocate whatever you like as a response to human caused climate change. But denying it's taking place? Sorry. You're either wrong or lying. I think you're wrong, but if you want to admit lying, I'll accept that too.

  —stet Read stet's other letters
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