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Forecasting Doomsday
Boccaccio writes "James Lovelock, the planetary scientist famous for his Gaia Theory, writes in today's Independent of his belief that it is already too late to divert an environmental catastrophe which will see much of human civilisation destroyed. Fearing it too late to be green, he instead suggests communities plan for survival in a Mad Max type world with limited resources ruled by violent warlords. "We have to keep in mind the awesome pace of change and realise how little time is left to act, and then each community and nation must find the best use of the resources they have to sustain civilisation for as long as they can." He suggests we should be writing a practical guidebook printed on long lasting paper containing "the basic accumulated scientific knowledge of humanity.""
> Mad Max type world with limited resources ruled by violent warlords.
Check.
Bin laden trains guys to smash planes into buildings, killing 3000 of civilians.
Bush raises the ante by dropping bombs onto Iraq (a country with no relation to Bin laden, but plenty of oil), killing 30,000 -> 100,000 civilians!
What'll happen next? Keep tuned!
Fear is the most powerful human motivator. It invokes our desire to preserve our own life. God only knows how many times I have been nearly crushed by the fear of the bad thing happening only to find that the bad thing was not nearly as painful as the fear.
Fearmongers have long known this and exploited it in order to gain power, money, and attention. This wicked priest is no different than other wicked priests of other superstitious faiths who have tried to emotionally rape you for their own personal benefit. Resist him as you do all others. Use your power of observation and your rational mind in order to make good choices for the future.
And yes, this clown is, in fact, preaching a religion. "Gaia" is the "goddess earth". It is nothing more than blatant superstitious garbage with an enviro-friendly sheen. If you want to stand up for the environment, then go knock yourself out. It doesn't justify giving this fool anything except ascerbic mockery, and it certainly doesn't justify attempting to inspire fear in other people.
I don't make the rules. I just make fun of them.
you are seriously the worst poster who constantly gets modded up. i swear you couldn't hold a cohoerent, relevant thought for an entire post if your sorry excuse for a life depended on it. just because you spew your mental masturbation for paragraphs on end doesn't mean you've said a damned thing worthy, but for some reason the morons who mod you up believe so. please stop posting forever, you insufferable twat.