perfidy

Here's something I find interesting. And by interesting, I mean offensive and retarded. Lately, the category of "Global Warming Skeptics" - nomenclature that affords a degree of dignity to those lumped under its rubric - has seen a subtle but significant change. They are now "Global Warming Deniers." This, I assume, is meant to put those who wonder whether or not we are actually headed toward a local anti-Fimbulwinter, or even whether if we are headed toward that grim fate we have ourselves or nature to blame, into the same mental box as Holocaust deniers. Now, Holocaust denial is offensive and retarded. Anyone who doubts the historical reality of the holocaust is a malevolent delusional fuckwit. Some people would have us feel the same about something that might happen in the future - or, being generous, even if it's certain to happen is not at all certain where to point the unerring finger of blame.

The National Post of Canada has a series of articles up on these Global Warming Deniers. I've read a couple, and the tone of the stories is odd. Go read them, and see if you see what I see. I'll talk more on this later.

[wik] It seems that this sort of thing is in the wind, as BBC 4 is about to run a big documentary on the subject this Thursday. I wonder if we'll be able to see that here in the States.