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  1. Re:Obvious ad-hominem on the person who protested. by jstomel · · Score: 1 · on Global Warming Only a Theory, Says School Board
    What's wrong with showing a film that has an opinion? Students are exposed to works of literature all the time, which are unashamedly opinionated and partisan. Should we prevent them from reading Shakespeare because his work wasn't "Fair and Balanced"? The solution is not to ban books and films - but to teach students critical thinking, and media analysis skills. Such classes in media literacy and criticism are standard practice in many schools around the world. Why are they so unpopular in the US? Is it because we want people to consume media at face value to perpetuate the media consumption empires? Or is it because we want students to uncritically believe everything that the administration says on TV? Sheltering students from the real world of opinions in the media is not a smart move. And on the scale of "propaganda," An Inconvenient Truth is pretty mild stuff. Sure it has opinion, and it also has science. But it's pretty clear that the opinion is opinion. Kids probably get worse propaganda from the dairy industry in their nutrition/home economics classes. Or from the IT industry in computer classes. But why ban this, instead of having a healthy debate about it?
    This is one of those posts that really pisses me off because it purports to support a point while in fact subtly and unconciously undercutting it. Very little, if any, of Gore's movie is opinion. There is fact and there is conjecture and there is a bit of theory, but no opinion. And saying that we should "have a healthy depate about it" is like poisoning your bread. Why don't we have a healthy debate about the moon landing while we're at it. We could teach that on one side people believe that we landed on the moon and on the other side some people believe that it was faked as part of a government coverup. Why don't we invite the flat earth society in on geography class? That might be a useful contraversy for them to know about. We could have health classes that teach that some people believe that you need three well balanced meals a day and some people believe that you can live on nothing but air (http://www.breatharian.com/). The problem with "having a healthy debate" is that it presupposes that both sides of the debate are reasonable and well supported positions to adopt.
  2. Re:Give me a break!!! by sco_is_for_babies · · Score: 1 · on Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas

    Oh yeah? Well I'm a fifth level vegan -- I don't eat anything that casts a shadow. Remember kids, you can cast aside your arbitrary cravings and live on sunlight

  3. Re:SCO's userbase by Thuktun · · Score: 1 · on Are You Ready for the SCO Blitz?

    These companies were introduced to consumerspace and what happened? Customers didn't buy like they were supposed to. Losers! Countless VC firms realized that customers were the weak link in the chain and when a VC makes a radical discovery like this, the business world listens. So customers were out.

    Sounds like Breatharianism applied to business.

  4. Old fashioned methods by midg3t · · Score: 1 · on DARPA Offers No Food for Thought

    Get everyone to put a bullet in his own foot before fighting, then live off the (natural!) adrenalin for a while... or become Breatharians.

  5. Re:Big can of stew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on O'Reilly's Antenna Shootout

    >Actually I am a vegeterian so make that a big can of beans and you too can be a wave guide. (in more ways the one)

    Well, actually I'm a bretharian so I'll just use a prop from SpaceBalls instead.

    Killing plants is evil and you veggies should be ashamed of yourselves. Cell-Munchers.

  6. Never happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on California's "Wireless-Free" Zone

    With all the Breatharians up there, I don't see how you are going to get anything resembling mandatory consumption of anything.

  7. Re:That is NOT true by ajna · · Score: 1 · on Is Extinction Only Temporary?
    We all came from Adam and Eve, and despite all the inbreeding, look how good we turned out!

    First of all, I hope the above quote was written tongue-in-cheek. Just in case it is not, though, I have to object to it, as even among the otherwise devout, Creationism is not widely accepted. If pseudo-science appeals to you, you might want to check out Breatharianism; that way, you'll either have your blind faith validated, or you will be dead and we will hear no more from you.