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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. Re:What Do Other Sources Say? by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But what do other opposing sources say?

    The Koran?
    Hindu beliefs?
    Various Native (North and South) American legends?
    Buddhist Teachings?

    The Norse believed that the end would be a snow storm that covered the entire world. Fimbulvetr or "The winter of winters" will blanket the world with snow, right before Ragnarok.

    --
    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  2. Re:Well.. by dammy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Man made Global Warming is more of a myth then a theory. Al Gore's Inconvient Lies shouldn't be shown since it's full of holes you can drive a super tanker through.

    See AGW challenge: http://www.junkscience.com/challenge.htm/ and
    http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/index.html/

    Dammy