Recently, I have gained a tremendous amount of respect for Michael J. Fox. I had always admired him as an actor, but only now do I fully appreciate him as an actual human being
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"I would never in my right mind wish to associate myself with a party that seems to care more about the rights of animals and trees than they do the rights of an unborn child."
i dont wanna argue with u and i respect ur point of view, but u have to realize that protecting the environment is an important issue.
There really isn't much of an argument here cause I agree with you. The environment in which we live in and its maintanance is a very important issue, and I wish the Bush administration would do more in its power to make it so. Unfortunately, I have yet to encounter someone so strong about this issue in my daily life that doesn't either drive a gas-guzzling SUV or smoke. Tobacco smoke doesn't just hurt the people around you, it tears holes in the O-Zone and releases carcinogens and toxins into the air we breath. If those aren't big environmental issues, I don't know what are. I'm guilty of this myself because I occasionally smoke a cigar.
I think its great when people devote their hearts and time to an issue, but at the same time, I wish it was done so more in practice rather than in theory. It seems that when it comes to making life inconvenient or depriving them of some sort of joy, people's ideals fall by the wayside, and that's sad to me.
yeah but if u look at the major causes that are destroying the ozone tobacco smoke isnt one of them, plus i think the actual tobacco isnt doing it, its all the shit that the cigarette companies put into the tobacco to make it even more addictive.
either way tho people should think more about their driving and smoking habbits, including myself. but maybe bush should fucking join the kyoto protocol and limit our release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. but no he thinks it would hurt our economy too much.
Yeah that would definately have helped.....but it would take a LONG LONG TIME. Clinton should have submitted it for ratification back in the late 90's, when the economy was still pretty good, but he too, like Bush, stated that it would be bad for the economy. Al Gore endorsed it, but never submitted it for ratification. I wonder why Australia hasn't joined yet either.
Considering the state of the economy now, maybe it wouldn't be a great idea to force all companies to come up with expensive methods to reduce emmissions. somehow I think even MORE people would be loosing jobs. I'm sure if Hillary Clinton becomes president, or any other Democrat for that matter, it'll be passed like that.
well when the ice caps start melting and more natural disasters like hurricane katrina start occuring, more people might be losing thier homes than losing jobs.
Actually, most scientists don't attribute hurricane Katrina to global warming. I'm sure it has something to do with it, but statistically, the frequency of hurricanes is actually less than it has been in the past. The Earth's temperature really hasn't changed all that much within the last 10 centuries. We're also in between ice ages, which means all ice caps are going to be melting until the cycle begins again. It would also take thousands of years before we'd notice any of these effects. Hurricanes are actually neccessary because they end up cooling the earth's surface by evaporating warm water and redistributing it.....it's just sad the desctruction they cause, and the lack of government intervention to help these people effected by them. At the same time, its important to realize the possibility of such occurances when you live in an area BELOW sea level. Same goes for people living in California when it comes to Earth quakes
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im not gonna lie i did see al gores film and it does make u think that global warming is real. the thing is that i felt the same way going into the film as when i came out. i already believed that global warming was real and the statistics he showed and the evidence he gave was all stuff that i had already learned in classes that i had taken. theres several different sources of evidence that have made me believe that we should be worried about global warming. and honestly i think its stupid for someone to base thier opinion about an important issue on a film like an inconvenient truth or any of the micheal moore films.
Global warming is definately real, but when 80% of the scientific community doesn't feel its a threat, I'm not gonna waste my time worrying about it. It shows me how much of a political agenda many teachers have when they deliberately conceal information that doesn't support their cause. That's unfair and extremely counter-productive to a student's learning and ability to research things on their own. Now I'm not saying that you are like this, but unfortunately many people pounce on the issue because they feel its neccessary to reinforce their Liberal view point, and by making it seem as if Global Warming is indeed, a dangerous threat, more people will join the bandwagon, and they can count more tallys for the left. It's all about political power and power maintainence, and sadly, people are pawns in the game, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. Truth be told, as of now, it is scientifically proven (AND PROVEN BY THE MAJORITY OF SCIENTISTS) that global warming isn't hurting people or animals, and doesn't have the potential to do so for many
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i dont wanna argue with u and i respect ur point of view, but u have to realize that protecting the environment is an important issue.
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I think its great when people devote their hearts and time to an issue, but at the same time, I wish it was done so more in practice rather than in theory. It seems that when it comes to making life inconvenient or depriving them of some sort of joy, people's ideals fall by the wayside, and that's sad to me.
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either way tho people should think more about their driving and smoking habbits, including myself. but maybe bush should fucking join the kyoto protocol and limit our release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. but no he thinks it would hurt our economy too much.
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Considering the state of the economy now, maybe it wouldn't be a great idea to force all companies to come up with expensive methods to reduce emmissions. somehow I think even MORE people would be loosing jobs. I'm sure if Hillary Clinton becomes president, or any other Democrat for that matter, it'll be passed like that.
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