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Parent Power

I see that a parent in Seattle has been initially successful in his attempt to prevent local schools from showing the Al Gore film An Inconvenient Truth. He’s clearly in full possession of the facts and an intelligent rationalist:
"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."
Wonderful. 
 
Update: Apparently Frosty has been moved to give us a deeper peek into his rationale (and I use that word advisedly) behind his objections. Stop digging, Frosty…

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2 responses to “Parent Power”

  1. Robert Avatar
    Robert

    Much better that they don’t show "An Inconvenient Truth" because it has so many factual errors in it – the Kilimanjaro story being one of the worst examples (the snow has been retreating because of deforestation of the mountain slopes – no temperature change has been measured in the area).  Gore evidently takes the position that, if you believe something strongly enough, it doesn’t matter what the facts are.  I don’t see a great difference between Al and Frosty on that count . . .

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Sorry, no name, but factual errors can be challenged. Fairy tales are simply fairy tales. And if you can’t see the difference then more fool you.

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