[lbo-talk] A timely quote from a source I never thought I would post here

Bryan Atinsky bryan at alt-info.org
Sun Dec 13 05:21:19 PST 2009


Superficially, that is like saying "If you really believe that smoking causes cancer, you would quit smoking" forgetting the addiction factor.

Taking these words at face value, it is saying, if you really want to save society, you would destroy it.

Bryan

Joseph Catron wrote:
> "If we really believed what scientists are telling us about global warming,
> the fire engines of every fire department would sound their sirens and race
> to the nearest factory to extinguish its furnaces. Every high school student
> would run to the thermostat of every classroom, turn it off, and tear it out
> of the wall, then hit the parking lot to slash tires. Every responsible
> suburban parent would don safety gloves and walk around the block pulling
> the electrical meters out of the utility boxes behind houses and
> condominiums. Every gas station attendant would press the emergency button
> to shut off the pumps, cut the hoses, and glue the locks on the doors; every
> coal and petroleum corporation would immediately set about burying their
> unused product where it came from—using only the muscles of their own arms,
> of course."
>
> http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/climate.php
>
>



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