All that environmentalists demand is responsibility. The responsibility to pay for the damage we cause, and to do our utmost to stop causing damage. I thought that responsibility was supposed to be a conservative virtue and a necessary complement to the great freedom we have in our open market democracies. But more and more I see the supporters of capitalism demand that they be free to dump their waste on their neighbours' lawns without consequence. What happened?
He said Finnish Roma have been very vocal about demanding their rights, but said very little about their responsibilities. He noted that a high percentage of Roma kids never even complete basic education.
Rights are always balanced by responsibilities. You can't be me, I'm taken
This is, by the way, very Christian:
So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. — Revelation 3:16
Mr Klaus, You write that "scientists should help us and take into consideration the political effects of their scientific opinions." Would it not be prudent to let the scientists deal with science, and the politicians deal with politics? After all, no less a dignitary than yourself call upon us to "resist the politicisation of science." It is unfathomable to me that, in spite of the overwhelming amount of evidence for global warming caused by human activity (presented, for example, in the IPCC assessment reports), an intelligent and rational human being such as yourself would continue to dismiss said evidence as if it was just another second-rate Michael Crichton thriller. As a rational and freedom-loving person, I would like to have the opportunity to continue enjoying my freedoms and reveling in my own rationality above sea-level.
It is unfathomable to me that, in spite of the overwhelming amount of evidence for global warming caused by human activity (presented, for example, in the IPCC assessment reports), an intelligent and rational human being such as yourself would continue to dismiss said evidence as if it was just another second-rate Michael Crichton thriller.
As a rational and freedom-loving person, I would like to have the opportunity to continue enjoying my freedoms and reveling in my own rationality above sea-level.
the greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda
War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strenght.
