[LINK] The GGWS

[Eleanor Lister]

i was inoculated against the GGWS a couple of months ago by George Monbiot:

http://tinyurl.com/3ahr8j

here is an apposite quote:

> The problem with “The Great Global Warming Swindle”, which caused a
> sensation when it was broadcast on Channel 4 last week, is that to
> make its case it relies not on future visionaries, but on people whose
> findings have already been proved wrong. The implications could not be
> graver. Just as the British government launches its climate change
> bill and Gordon Brown and David Cameron start jostling to establish
> their green credentials, thousands of people have been misled into
> believing that there is no problem to address.


Fred Pilcher wrote:
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>   
>> I stand corrected, Fred. My example above was simply an example of
>> a falsehood, i.e. it was claimed there is no evidence that such and
>> such is a consequence of CO2 or man's acitivities or whatever.
>>     
>
> No intention whatsoever to criticise the argument or its validity, only
> to react to a pet peeve. ;-)
>
>   
>> For those who might like to indulge in spotting logical fallacies
>> in argument (it takes a diligent mind and real work!) try these two
>> links:
>>
>> The Atheism Web: Logic and Fallacies
>> http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
>>
>> Fallacies of Logical Argument
>> http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
>>     
>
> Both superb sites. Recommendation seconded.
>
> Fred
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