Postlethwaite
Posted on 03/15/2009 8:43:54 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Oscar-nominated actor compares those who do not accept human-induced global warming with Holocaust deniers
Actor Pete Postlethwaite yesterday denounced climate change deniers as a "negative force" with their "heads in the sand". Ahead of Sunday's premiere of The Age of Stupid, an environmental doomsday docudrama, he compared those who do not accept that human-induced global warming is occurring with Holocaust deniers, and said the evidence for global change is now beyond doubt.
"The naysayers are a negative force," said Postlethwaite, whose new film, The Age of Stupid, premieres on Sunday. "Because that can be really bad for people who are not sure and they'll think 'well it's too late'. There are some people who disagree with it therefore what can I do? Therefore forget it. I think that's really bad."
In the film, the Oscar-nominated actor stars as a future survivor of the 21st century's climate apocalypse, who looks back on the present through documentary footage and asks why humanity failed to save itself while it could.
In an interview with the Guardian, the actor made the link between climate change denial and Holocaust denial: "There are bound to be deniers. Whenever you set up a thesis there's bound to be somebody who comes the opposite way … like Holocaust deniers. They can stick their heads in the sand if they like, but the evidence is absolutely there and graphic for anybody to have a look at."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
The movie title matches his IQ, how nice.
If only we sent Al Gore another couple hundred million dollars when we had the chance...
Rube.
I’ve never even heard of this fool.
So, a fake documentary? The AGW crowd is getting ever more obnoxious.
Wait. Who?
He’s generally a bit part actor, notably mostly for having a humongous and odd-shaped face.
He was that gay actor’s lawyer in Usual Suspects..plus he was the hunter in Jurassic Park 2 or 3.
He looks like a boozer.
George Carlin was right on here:
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?
Postlethwaite
Who the hell is Pete Postlethwaite and what would a moronic actor know about science, the climate or anything else for that matter.
This and Brokaw with his Global Warming mularkey program... seems like the libs are stepping up for the next wave of the Big Lie.
Ohhh, gawd, Pete. You were one of my favorite actors. Ahhhhhh, well. Another one bites the dust.
Finally, a movie that lives up to its name!
I stole that from a review of "Dumb and Dumber."
Yeah, that's the sort of stuff he does - he gave the kid the magic worms in James and the Giant Peach. He shows up, reads his lines, and gets paid. Now he fancies himself a scientist or something.
“Actors - Is there anything they don’t know?”
“Actors - Is there anything they don’t know?”
Yes. A lot.
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