Setting your question aside... I think it was a week or so ago, I was listening to a right-wing host* on the radio went to the trouble of bringing up a Newsweek cover story of 25 odd years ago, (or was it TIME?) about how scientists were worried about the coming ice-age, and what the U.N. ought to do about it, and nobody at the U.N. cared... * Probably Rush, the global warming issue is one of his typical topics. BT Tracy Johnson MSI Schaevitz Sensors > -----Original Message----- > From: Gates, Scott [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:41 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: More red meat for the masses > > > Not to be argumentative, but WHY, if someone--say a > scientist--or even a > concerned citizen--makes a statement that we humans are damaging our > environment, or there is some environmental pollutant that is causing > illness to humans who happen to be down wind (or stream)--WHY are they > called a "SOCIALIST" or worse a "COMMUNIST" and their > statements or opinions > summarily dismissed? * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *