The debate is over, let the trials begin

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:47:44 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Nicolas Chatfort at Samizdata.net - a satirical look at the commU.N.ists' pronouncement (PDF) that the cause of global warming is human action, and that there will be no further debate. [samizdata]

Following enlightened historical precedence (see Galileo), I humbly suggest that the UN create an office to be known as the Permanent Tribunal of Universal Inquiry to investigate into the views of scientists on climate change. Those who publicly repent from their errors would be given leniency, but those who maintain their heretical positions should be handed over to civil authorities for proper punishment. In times past the penalty for the crime of heresy was burning at the stake but, regretfully, this would release too many greenhouse gases, so another form of punishment must be found.

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As for other scientists whose views remain suspect, helpfully Canada's National Post has recently provided a survey of some of the more prominent scientists who have veered from the true path in the past. These individuals are particularly dangerous as they all have reached such high levels of respectability in their professions that they will most certainly pollute the minds of the impressionable if they are allowed to continue to publish their heretical views. I will cite just a few of these scientists to show how much damage these individuals can do.

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