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Global Warming Only a Theory, Says School Board

Posted by Zonk on from the i'd-think-seattle-would-know-about-rain dept.

BendingSpoons writes "A Seattle school board has placed a moratorium on screenings of 'An Inconvenient Truth', having found its subject matter too controversial. Echoing the language of the evolution debate, the school board found that students must be told that global warming is only a theory and presented with an opposing viewpoint. The ban was prompted by the complaints of a parent: '"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."'"

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  1. Well.. by yamamushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    When global warming isn't a theory anymore, it will kind of be like hell on earth. So I guess the bible is right?

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  2. catch up by mastershake_phd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old.

    The fundamentalist Christians are out breeding the rest of us. We must catch up.

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    1. Re:catch up by TranscendentalAnarch · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nice pick up line, I'll have to try that at the bar.

    2. Re:catch up by mastershake_phd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey nice hips, wana have 8 kids?

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    3. Re:catch up by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yep, that's what happens when they don't teach about condoms in schools!

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  3. They're all wrong! by fishybell · · Score: 4, Funny
    Of course, they're all wrong.

    Washington, Gore, the whole lot. We all know that the truth about both the age of the earth and cause of global warming lies in the truth as told by His Noodleness on high.

    Ramen.

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  4. Burn baby, burn by HerrEkberg · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD. Global warming, hello?!
  5. New Meme? by stinerman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore."

    Use in the following way:

    "X doesn't belong in Y, and neither does Al Gore."

    Examples:

    "Cheese don't belong in hot dogs, and neither does Al Gore."
    "Riker doesn't belong in the captain's chair, and neither does Al Gore."

    *Note that verb tense can be changed at the leisure of the poster.

    Here's to hoping that this one spreads better than the "Except in Nebraska" one of Steve Ballmer fame.

  6. Pirates! by Penguin+Programmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has evidence that global warming is actually caused by the shrinking number of pirates since 1800. I feel that students should be made aware of this in their science classes and encouraged to think about becoming pirates to aid the situation.

  7. Re:It's because... by monoqlith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Latin is just a theory.