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Who Should You Believe? (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2012 OP
Inhofe makes shit up longship Mar 2012 #1
K&R obxhead Mar 2012 #2
I believe David Suzuki... handmade34 Mar 2012 #3

handmade34

(22,757 posts)
3. I believe David Suzuki...
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:59 PM
Mar 2012

(at McGill a few years back)

"David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change.

“You have lived your entire lives in a completely unsustainable period,” he told students and fans. “You all think growth and [climate] change is normal. It’s not...Toward the end of his speech, Dr. Suzuki said that “we can no longer tolerate what’s going on...” and then encouraged attendees to hold politicians to a greater green standard.

“What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there’s a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they’re doing is a criminal act,” said Dr. Suzuki, a former board member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

“It’s an intergenerational crime in the face of all the knowledge and science from over 20 years.”

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/290514.bin?size=620x465

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