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Proposed Legislation Is Mooninite Fallout
theantipop writes "Ars Technica has a story about the Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act, a bill introduced recently by the Senate. The bill aims to 'amend the federal criminal code to include a number of new clauses meant to up the ante on wasting government resources. The amendments include extensions to the prohibitions on the spread of false information and mailing threats, increases to maximum prison terms, and allowances for civil suits so that local and federal governments can attempt to recoup expenses related to an incident.' This is undoubtedly a reaction to the Great Mooninite Scare of 2007."
4 posts each saying about the same thing that's just an single experience with apparently no analytical data to back it up, just that "it used to be very cold and now it's not, here's some numbers that people remember, but have no statistical basis for the area, region, time, or anything"
This is the type of proof that I've seen and the fact is if I told you "one day it was really really cold" would you tell me global cooling was happening, or that global warming isn't happening? So why should I take a random occurrence that could have a variety of solar and global explanations, to mean that possibly the ozone layer is depleted with out a causality study.
Oh that's right because you say so. So once again a global warming follower is trying to bully or discredit someone who doesn't believe in their "science", but instead of using facts, they use second hand accounts, and harassment.
Here's a couple thoughts you should consider next time around. Proof isn't anecdotal. Hearsay just doesn't work when you're claiming "a global crisis" and prediction isn't equal to truth unless people can reproduce your studies and can come to the same conclusion in a controlled environment (you've heard of these things, double blind studies) as opposed to a person shouting the answer over their shoulder.