Jeroen ter Hofstede tikte:
> Bij toeval struikelde ik over het volgende artikel:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...053521,00.html
> "There is climate change censorship - and it's the deniers who dish it
> out"
>
> wat mooi aansluit bij eerdere discussies over wat er wel en niet over
> opwarming in de media komt.
Er worden weer veel rode potloden verkocht de laatste tijd:
Q
At hearings in the US Congress three weeks ago, Philip Cooney, a former
White House aide who had previously worked at the American Petroleum
Institute, admitted he had made hundreds of changes to government reports
about climate change on behalf of the Bush administration. Though not a
scientist, he had struck out evidence that glaciers were retreating and
inserted phrases suggesting that there was serious scientific doubt about
global warming.
/Q
En je moet maar lef hebben:
Q
The Guardian and I have now received several letters from the climate
sceptic Viscount Monckton threatening us with libel proceedings after I
challenged his claims about climate science. On two of these occasions he
has demanded that articles are removed from the internet. Monckton is the
man who wrote to Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, claiming that their letter
to ExxonMobil offends the corporation's "right of free speech".
/Q
De vele reacties vormen tezamen een synopsis van de vele bestaande
discussietechnieken om niet op het onderwerp in te hoeven gaan.