Slashdot Mirror
A Call To RICO Climate Change Science Deniers
GregLaden writes: The argument could be made that the organized effort to disrupt climate change science and the development of effective policies to address climate change is criminal, costing life and property. The effort is known to be generally funded by various actors and there are people and organizations that certainly make money on this seemingly nefarious activity. A group of prominent scientists have written a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, and OSTP Director Holdren asking for this to be investigated under RICO laws, which were originally designed to address organized crime.
Actually, I want to see whether or not those who are suggesting the use of RICO are living carbon neutral lives or not. Hypocrites shouldn't be able to use law to stifle dissent.
Not to start a flame war, but there are tons of scientists on both sides of this argument, and the dissenting scientists are not all shills of the oil companies and big business.
Anyway, no matter what side of the fence any one of us falls, the notion that you (meaphotically) are free to throw out ideas, claims, and opinions is your right under 1st Amendment Law. Under that same First Amendment Law, I (metaphorically) am free to challenge your thinking no matter the number of claimers or deniers.
great. let me know next time you are in a movie theater so that I can yell fire and maybe you will be maimed in the ensuing panic.
Heck, its just speech, right?
Investigate the folks calling for RICO under RICO. Sounds like they're organizing to violate the First Amendment rights of folks they oppose...