Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:14:02 PM
The power of persuasion. Psychologists say they have it and aim to
use it to persuade us that we need to be more sensitive to protecting
the Earth.
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Rather than bully, browbeat and brainwash, the group would be of
better service if it tried to determine why so many Americans have
bought into the global warming nonsense. But then, falling for hip fads
is likely just human nature, especially in rich nations that can afford
such indulgences.
Instead, the group should ask itself why it accepts the
extreme-green position so unquestioningly. What do members have to gain
by claiming that "we face a severe environmental crisis," as Vakoch
says, when that demonstrably is not the case. The world, particularly
Western developed nations, is cleaner than it was 40 years ago.