Heartland Institute compares belief in GW to mass murder

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Heartland Institute compares belief in GW to mass murder

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The Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based rightwing thinktank notorious for promoting climate scepticism, has launched quite possibly one of the most ill-judged poster campaigns in the history of ill-judged poster campaigns.

I'll let its own press release for its upcoming conference explain, as there's simply no need to finesse it further:

"Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world's most notorious criminals say they "still believe in global warming" – and ask viewers if they do, too…"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/b ... ing-murder

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Great!

It seems I'm now a fully paid up member of the criminal classes. :lol:
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Aurora wrote:It seems I'm now a fully paid up member of the criminal classes. :lol:
It only takes a vote in Parliament to turn a law abiding citizen into a criminal -- it's not necessarily an act consciously perpetrated on your part. E.g., first you talk about "the enemy within" and then... :shock:
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"Stalin believed the world was round: therefore it is flat"

Not my own idea, but that comment says it so well :D
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