Posted on 10/11/2015 1:32:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There's a reason Jonah Goldberg referred to Progressivism as "nice fascism": you will be forced to comply. For your own good. And Warmists are primarily Progressives
(UK Telegraph) We might think that a semi-secret, international conference of top judges, held in the highest courtroom in Britain, to propose that it should be made illegal for anyone to question the scientific evidence for man-made global warming, was odd enough to be worthy of front-page coverage.
Last week I mentioned that the Prince of Wales had sent a message to this conference calling for the UN’s forthcoming climate meeting in Paris to agree on “a Magna Carta for the Earth”. But only a series of startling posts by a sharp-eyed Canadian blogger, Donna Laframboise (onNofrakkingconsensus), have alerted us to what a bizarre event this judicial gathering turned out to be (the organisers even refused to give her the names of those who attended). (snip)
The purpose of this strange get-together was outlined in a keynote speech (visible on YouTube) by Philippe Sands, a QC from Cherie Blair’s Matrix Chambers and professor of law at University College, London. Since it is now unlikely that the world will agree in Paris to a legally binding treaty to limit the rise in global temperatures to no more than 2 degrees C from pre-industrial levels, his theme was that it is now time for the courts to step in, to enforce this as worldwide law. (snip)
“The most important thing the courts could do,” he said, was to hold a top-level “finding of fact”, to settle these “scientific disputes” once and for all: so that it could then be made illegal for any government, corporation (or presumably individual scientist) ever to question the agreed “science” again. Furthermore, he went on, once “the scientific evidence” thus has the force of binding international law, it could be used to compel all governments to make “the emissions reductions that are needed”, including the phasing out of fossil fuels, to halt global warming in its tracks.
No one should be surprised by this in the least, being the logical extension of the whole "the science is settled" screeching from members of the Cult of Climastrology (who they themselves refused to practice what they preach). Warmists demand that the only science to be taught in schools is one sided, being more akin to indoctrination than scientific inquiry. They refuse to follow the Scientific Model. They band together and assail any scientist who refuses to bow to the CoC. They yammer on about getting the US Department of Justice to file RICO (Rackateer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, originally designed to prosecute the Mafia) charges against non-believers. They call for jail and death for Skeptics. Simply outlawing Skepticism is fully and wholly believable, and something that Warmists very much want to do.
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(William Teach is the proprieter of The Pirates Cove. I tend to blog quite a bit about 'climate change', taking the position that most climate change is caused by nature, and that Warmists are quite nuts, and that the whole 'climate change' movement is really all about pushing a Progressive political agenda. You can also hit me up on Twitter at @WilliamTeach. If you happen to see any weird formatting of posts, I'm not that used to Blogger)
I follow the excellent meteorology of Joe Bastardi
Why yes, they would ban dissent and discussion.
It’s for the “greater good” in their minds.
One can excuse almost any atrocity away by claiming “greater good” it seems.
Fascists always have to use coercion. Their ideology cannot survive in the atmosphere of freedom.
Princess Lizzie Warren wants all climate deniers Jailed!!
I now recognize that the simultaneous approach seems to be their preferred strategy.
Most scientists have been compromised and agree to spew the lefts agenda for fear of not being granted to continue thier work. The education system is also compromised being state and federally funded they have to march to the agenda for fear of being ostrisized and defunded in daily brainwashing our children. Government control uses our tax dollars to push thier agenda upon us. We are paying for our own demise
Excellent term. Wish I had thought of that.
In Europe, they can get away with criminalizing denial, as we've seen in their prosecutions of people criticizing Islam.
It can happen here too. The Constitution is getting more shredded every day.
If I peacefully express my opinion in a branch of science, or anything really, and you decide to prosecute me, I will shoot you. No questions, no debate.
Lets call it a red line.
These people have the Kim Il-sung gene. They are lacking in Self-awareness and are attempting to be helpful. They should be put down for the greater good.
oh thts right Peer Reviewed Pressure...
Academia aint what it used to be
jones isnt on a dartboard yet??
I don’t get the logic of “climate change”. If a few degrees change in the average can cause trouble, then the change of seasons must screw all things up. After all their argument is based on a one or two degree difference when averaging past temperatures, one degree difference from the average say during summer will do all kinds damage. But if you live in New York like I do, the degree change through the seasons can be as much as 110 degrees. 100 in the summer, -10 in the winter. So why aren’t all the animals dying by that huge degree change? Why aren’t the plants dying? How come they will get destroyed by a one degree change in summer, but a change in 110 degrees and they are perfectly fine? This is why climate change is absolute BS, the biggest scam since PT Barnum and the Cardiff giant. Life on this planet is not some fragile eggshell where the slightest tremor will destroy it all. It’s survived through meteors, volcanoes, earthquakes, nuclear bombs, fire, floods, tsunamis, etc etc but a one degree change in the average will “put us on the path of no return” Say WHAT?
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Once upon a time in Europe, didn’t they prosecute people who criticized the Nazis?
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