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To: Schatze
"[W]e have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest." Stephen Schneider, Stanford University Professor and author Quoted by Dixey Lee Ray in Trashing the Planet (1990)

Odd how often totalitarian tactics produce nightmare cultures. And yeah, Schneider's talking the talk. Every monster since the beginning of time comes up with the same sh-t: "scare 'em and lie to 'em" -- how creative...

16 posted on 05/23/2007 9:32:21 PM PDT by GOPJ ( When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."- Churchill)
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To: GOPJ

Also from the book, she derisively described environmentalists as “mostly white, middle to upper income and predominantly college educated … they are distinguished by a vocal do-good mentality that sometimes cloaks a strong streak of elitism that is often coupled with a belief that the end justifies the means.”


40 posted on 05/26/2021 7:44:21 PM PDT by ddwieland
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