Hippie Hunter Sez Week One: "My Eyes Have Been Opened"

[tomahawk53]

I do think that we should take better care of mother earth...BUT I've read a lot of places that says they used 'Junk Science' to back some of their claims as well as exaggerated the risks.

Check around about it before it scares you silly. But by all means do everything you can to take better care of the environment...it's not going to hurt anything.

 

[cryptic name]

al gore is kinda like ra's al ghoul minus all the stuff that makes ra's awsome

 

[Danalys]

i prefered this thread when babs gordon made it. also it saddens me that it takes a movie to make people take notice.

 

[hippie_hunter]

i prefered this thread when babs gordon made it. also it saddens me that it takes a movie to make people take notice.

This is my new weekly column dammit

And it wasn't the fact that it was a movie that made me notice. The documentary disproved all of the misconceptions, doubts, and misunderstandings of global warming.

 

[hippie_hunter]

al gore is kinda like ra's al ghoul minus all the stuff that makes ra's awsome

Like wanting to kill billions of people

Or having the Lazarus Pit

And if Ra's al Ghul is so cool, then why is he dead?

 

[cryptic name]

Like wanting to kill billions of people

Or having the Lazarus Pit

And if Ra's al Ghul is so cool, then why is he dead?

like having the ultimate aim of an earthly utopia. ra's in the comics is an eco terrorist who uses any means necessary to save the planet he loves.
and he's not dead...he's just biding his time.

 

[hippie_hunter]

like having the ultimate aim of an earthly utopia. ra's in the comics is an eco terrorist who uses any means necessary to save the planet he loves.

But Al Gore doesn't have the intention of killing billions of people. Ra's had good intentions, he just used the wrong means.

and he's not dead...he's just biding his time.

Ra's is as dead as the dodo. Not only is there only one Lazarus Pit left in the entire world, but his body was cremated by Batman so that he wouldn't resurect AGAIN!

 

[Halcohol]

i prefered this thread when babs gordon made it. also it saddens me that it takes a movie to make people take notice.

It saddens me that it's 2nd thread on this movie and STILL nobody cares

 

[cryptic name]

But Al Gore doesn't have the intention of killing billions of people. Ra's had good intentions, he just used the wrong means.


Ra's is as dead as the dodo. Not only is there only one Lazarus Pit left in the entire world, but his body was cremated by Batman so that he wouldn't resurect AGAIN!

maybe he's gone the batman beyond route and secretly placed his conciousness in talia.

and no, al gore has no intention of harming anyone...yet

 

[blind_fury]

It saddens me that it's 2nd thread on this movie and STILL nobody cares

Nobody will care until it's 120 degrees in February.

True story.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Nobody will care until it's 120 degrees in February.

True story.

Sadly, as long as it's unseasonably snowy in Delaware...once, while it's 220 degrees in Australia, nay-sayers'll tell you GW is BS, 'cause of one particular region's cold snap.

They are simple-minded people who can't even understand the complexity of global weather patterns.

It's kind of like if I was sitting in a bathtub with them, poured a bunch of poisons into the tub...they'd see that their end of the tub was clean and they'd say, "SEE?!? pouring toxins into the tub has NO effect whatsoever!"

 

[Man-Thing]

About half an hour ago I just got back from watching a very important documentary concerning the issue of global warming. That documentary is Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" directed by Davis Guggenheim

Now I have based my beleifs and life on centrism and moderation. I beleived that anything could be accomplished, by finding the middle ground. This movie has taught me that while the middle ground may work in most cases, it cannot work in solving every single problem. Originally, I beleived that global warming was both a natural process and a man-problem. That is clearly not the case.

While it is true that global warming is a natural process, the effects of mankind have far outweighed the effects of the Earth's natural warming and cooling cycles.

Al Gore's documentary disproves the misconceptions and misunderstanding about the serious problem of global warming. He does so by providing the facts very clearly. These facts show us that we need to take action to help reduce the problem.

Our government needs to pass legislation to force car companies to improve emissions standards. We need to invest in cleaner technology. We need to take steps that are stated in the Kyoto Protocol (my beleif still stands that we should not ratify the treaty on the basis that it is not tough enough). But ultimately the responsibility falls upon us. We need to take steps ourselves to conserve energy and our resources by doing the most simple of things such as not leaving the lights or television on or not having the water run while brushing your teeth.

To those who have not seen "An Inconvenient Truth," I implore all of you to go see the movie yourselves. So that you can see how problematic this issue is for us.

Raise your hand if you care...

 

[hippie_hunter]

Raise your hand if you care...

It's time to start taking a tougher stance for our enviroment.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Now I have based my beleifs and life on centrism and moderation. I beleived that anything could be accomplished, by finding the middle ground. This movie has taught me that while the middle ground may work in most cases, it cannot work in solving every single problem. Originally, I beleived that global warming was both a natural process and a man-problem. That is clearly not the case.

.

your former belief that centrism is autamotacilly the best in every situation on every issue is just illogical as that which you crticize every body else of when they show loyalty.

but yeah global warming is a dire situation and Al Gore a liberal would have made a much better president than Bush-head and Dick Head Cheney.

 

[Man-Thing]

It's time to start taking a tougher stance for our enviroment.

That was a joke hence the "".

BTW, if you really want to do something for the enviornment, do something that is actually PRODUCTIVE, instead of things that will merely not waste as much energy.

That's what gets me, I don't recycle (some studies have said it is more harmful to the enviornment to recycle because of the bleach, and energy used).

Anyway, trees actually do things to reverse the diverse effects of polution. They absorb polution, they take in carbon dioxide and they give us oxygen and prevent top soil wash off. It's funny because I am far from an enviornmentalist, and I believe that enviornementalism is actually just a front for socialist indoctrination, but I have done more for the enviornment in my free time as a hobby, than any enviornmentalist can do by driving a prius.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

and I believe that enviornementalism is actually just a front for socialist indoctrination,

dear god let this be a joke.

 

[Man-Thing]

dear god let this be a joke.

What is the solution for many enviornmental problems according to enviornmentalist?

The government should regulate companys, thus giving more power to government, which is socialistic thinking.

Pretty simple really.

 

[hippie_hunter]

your former belief that centrism is autamotacilly the best in every situation on every issue is just illogical as that which you crticize every body else of when they show loyalty.

I beleive that centrism is the best path to go still. Just like some people think that liberalism is the best way to go and others think that conservatvism is the best way to go. I do not criticize people for being a liberal or conservative. I'll criticize when someone ignores the facts like you have done (like saying that there are no left-wing dictators or that Clifford Olsen might be a victim when all the evidence says that he's just a brutal man)

I try to not ignore the facts. I try and limit my bias. That is impossible for all of us to do however. "An Inconvenient Truth" showed me the facts and I admitted that I was wrong. I was wrong with my centrist beleif on global warming.

but yeah global warming is a dire situation and Al Gore a liberal would have made a much better president than Bush-head and Dick Head Cheney.

I'm kinda curious on how things would have ended up with Gore, though I do think that we'd be in similar situations that we are in today.

 

[hippie_hunter]

What is the solution for many enviornmental problems according to enviornmentalist?

The government should regulate companys, thus giving more power to government, which is socialistic thinking.

Pretty simple really.

I think that government should leave business alone, but sometimes government regulation involving the enviroment can help the economy.

Take the automobile industry. Japan has some of the highest fuel emission standards in the world, yet their car companies are becomming the most successful in the world. People are buying thier cars because of higher and higher gas prices. The United States has some of the lowest fuel emission standards in the world, yet our car companies are facing hard times (that and the unions are screwing them over).

 

[Man-Thing]

I think that government should leave business alone, but sometimes government regulation involving the enviroment can help the economy.

Take the automobile industry. Japan has some of the highest fuel emission standards in the world, yet their car companies are becomming the most successful in the world. People are buying thier cars because of higher and higher gas prices. The United States has some of the lowest fuel emission standards in the world, yet our car companies are facing hard times (that and the unions are screwing them over).

GM's gas milage is right on par with toyotas for normal everyday vehicles (not including Hummers and such). The problem with the U.S. automobile manufactures is what I highlighted, that and increases materials like plastic.

I work in the automotive industry, I see it everyday.

 

[blind_fury]

What is the solution for many enviornmental problems according to enviornmentalist?

The government should regulate companys, thus giving more power to government, which is socialistic thinking.

Pretty simple really.

How do you stop company's from polluting without regulation?

and I don't see how forcing a company to dispose properly of toxic materials leads to socialist policies.

 

[Motown Marvel]

And if Ra's al Ghul is so cool, then why is he dead?

all the cool people are doing it....JFK, RFK, martin luthor king, john lennon, peter jennings, christopher reeve, booster gold....

 

[War Lord]

About half an hour ago I just got back from watching a very important documentary concerning the issue of global warming. That documentary is Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" directed by Davis Guggenheim

Now I have based my beleifs and life on centrism and moderation. I beleived that anything could be accomplished, by finding the middle ground. This movie has taught me that while the middle ground may work in most cases, it cannot work in solving every single problem. Originally, I beleived that global warming was both a natural process and a man-problem. That is clearly not the case.

While it is true that global warming is a natural process, the effects of mankind have far outweighed the effects of the Earth's natural warming and cooling cycles.

Al Gore's documentary disproves the misconceptions and misunderstanding about the serious problem of global warming. He does so by providing the facts very clearly. These facts show us that we need to take action to help reduce the problem.

Our government needs to pass legislation to force car companies to improve emissions standards. We need to invest in cleaner technology. We need to take steps that are stated in the Kyoto Protocol (my beleif still stands that we should not ratify the treaty on the basis that it is not tough enough). But ultimately the responsibility falls upon us. We need to take steps ourselves to conserve energy and our resources by doing the most simple of things such as not leaving the lights or television on or not having the water run while brushing your teeth.

To those who have not seen "An Inconvenient Truth," I implore all of you to go see the movie yourselves. So that you can see how problematic this issue is for us.

It's a nice piece of propaganda, for sure.

 

[hippie_hunter]

all the cool people are doing it....JFK, RFK, martin luthor king, john lennon, peter jennings, christopher reeve, booster gold....

So I see

 

[hippie_hunter]

It's a nice piece of propaganda, for sure.

Watch it and see for yourself that it is not propaganda. Farenheit 911 on the other hand....