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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

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George Thommpson   |07-12-2008 23:36
I have always appreciated Penn and Tellers cutting through the bullshit even
when I was somewhat chagrined and had to reevaluate my owns views. This piece,
in keeping with the past, is brilliant. Thank you Penn and Teller. Keep
helping us to bring sanity to these environmental questions.
Tom Harris   |07-16-2008 23:42
I liked the video a great deal at first but then showed it to my 12 year old and
she showed me to see it through different eyes - here are her
comments:

"Th e movie was sort of funny, but I thought that it was
disrespectful towards the people in the video. Some of these people were
teenagers. I hope, yet doubt, that they signed up to be in the video. When I try
to imagine being in their shoes, I realized how humiliated they must be. I
suggest being more thoughtful, because you may find it hard to win people
over."
Tom Harris   |07-17-2008 00:19
BTW, my daughter does understand that much of today's environmentalism,
especially climate hysteria, is largely groundless, yet, the first thing she
said when she saw (part 1, she hasn't seen the rest) the video was that she
didn't think she liked Penn.

There is an important message here, folks. If
we are to win ordinary people over to our side, we have to be careful to not
fall into the same aggressive, disrespectful habits of our opponents. If we are
not liked or thought to be behaving badly, we will lose, even if we are
right.

Comments welcome.

Tom
Janet   |07-17-2008 15:38
So, you watched the video first, and you still let your 12-year-old watch it?
While your daughter's comments are quite learned for her age, as a parent I have
to wonder why you thought a show called Bullshit, riddled with vulgarity, and
rated TV-MA on ShowTime was somehow appropriate for someone her age. No
judgments, but just something to think about.
John Roodt   |07-23-2008 02:40
Another great piece of work by Penn & Teller. I did feel a little awkward for
Kate -- she seems like a very pleasant person. But what I see demonstrated here
are misguided young people whose naivety will hurt all of us in the long term.
We're living through very interesting times. In our living memory we've seen an
Empire disappear (Great Britain) and I am beginning to think that we're about to
undo Western Civilization through this madness. I thought catastrophes are
needed to destroy great civilizations (Egyptians, Mayans etc.) but we're
witnessing how "good intentions" do it as effectively.
Davo   |07-25-2008 13:16
Yeah I kind of felt sorry for poor dumb Kate. :grin
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