Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics

Penguinisto writes "Apparently in the Senate, at least one scientist wants to put a permanent stop to any arguments over Global Warming. The Weather Channel's most prominent climatologist is advocating that broadcast meteorologists be stripped of their scientific certification if they express skepticism about predictions of manmade catastrophic global warming."

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Don't commit a thoughcrime in Austria

[Viol8]

David Irwine (hope I spelt his name right) the author recently served a spell in jail fin Austria for denying the holocaust. Now while not many people would support his views and frankly I think the guy is a few sandwiches short of a picnic , WTF is a supposedly democratic country doing JAILING someone simply because he holds a daft view?? Don't those idiot liberals who came up with the law that allowed it realise they're behaving in EXACTLY the same way as the nazis they supposedly so detest!

As I've noticed , theres no one with a more fascist approach to debate than liberals who have someone disagree with them.

I'm for this.

[Rufty]

This is exactly what a professional certification body should be doing.

If an aircraft engineer ups and ignores airflow theory, I want him out before he designs something that flys over me.
I want my dentist to understand the pathogen theory of disease *before* my root canal.
Electromagnetic theory should not be an optional extra for the guy designing the shielding in my microwave.

So they dissent from current scientific orthodoxy? Fine. Build a model plane. Test it on animal. Try it out in a lab.
So what about the climate? Don't think global climate change is happening? Right, get off your butt. Crunch the numbers, run the models, publish the papers. If you're on to something you've got a very nice career ahead of you. But if you're just sounding off without that backing you aren't acting professionally, so no professional certification for you. And the current state of the science is that anthropogenic climate change is far and away the most likely explaination for observation data, so any "professional" that discounts this out of hand isn't acting professionally.

Then again, what did you expect from weather girls chosen for their breast size???

if you ever needed proof...

[timmarhy]

... that greenies are totally nuts, this is it. can't put up with people with a descenting view? then clearly your arguments can't be that rock solid.

Re:Thoughtcrime

[Das Modell]

It is alarming how many people object to diversity in thought. I do not understand where they think they have derived the right to force everyone to think the same way they do.

Many if not most Slashdot users strongly object to diversity in thought. They only accept preconceived, politically correct feel-good opinions. Then again, this applies to most people in general, not just on Slashdot.

Realty Bites

[gx5000]

Play your fiddles while Rome burns...
The usual suspects will be burnt at the stake...
The problem is we spend too much time dealing with psychopaths bent on profiteering
and by the time we get the public on the bandwagon it's too late...
Remember that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers warned about disaster way before
Katrina...From July 23-27, 2002, Reporters John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein ran a five-part series called "Washing Away" in the New Orleans Times-Picayuneran with some quite convincing facts...the warnings were all there....didn't change a thing...start buying stocks in Bottled Water !

Re:Thoughtcrime

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

> Its not outlawing dissent. They are just losing their license. They can still say whatever they want

The Jews are fine. They just have to wear these tags on their arms. There's no real harm to them. Go on about your business and leave us to our work on behalf of The People.