[lbo-talk] Kyoto = Death Camp (seriously!)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Apr 14 06:16:29 PDT 2004


Chris Doss wrote:


>Talk about rhetorical overkill.
>
>Apr 14 2004 11:38AM
>
>Illarionov calls Kyoto Protocol interstate gulag, Auschwitz
>
>ST. PETERSBURG. April 14 (Interfax-Northwest) - Presidential
>economic adviser Andrei Illarionov has sharply criticized the Kyoto
>Protocol, an international agreement to cut greenhouse emissions,
>saying it will "stifle economic growth" in many countries and
>calling it "an interstate gulag or Aushwitz."

Weird analogy for many reasons. So we just keep warming the globe until it turns into an oven?

So I guess this means Russia won't be signing, and therefore the treaty won't take effect. Right?

Doug



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