As predicted, the bandwagon is rolling. Steven Milloy, of the ironically titled junkscience.com, writes in the Canada Free Press about us "alarmists". One study questions one aspect of global warming and the whole theory is thrown out.
Why is it when someone highlights a real problem they are labeled an alarmist? ...Mr. Smith I don't mean to cause you grief but the the cancer has spread...Well Doctor I believe your an alarmist so I am ignoring you.
Steven ends his article with "Does it really make sense to regulate first and ask questions later?" as a direct rebuke of the Precautionary Principle. The answer, dictated by responsibility, is yes.
- Log in to post comments
More like this
Earlier in the month there was a hilarious piece on Fox News (where else?) by hack lawyer turned hack commentator Steven Milloy trying to counter the extremely bad publicity one of his closest friends was getting. This close friend was a chemical, bisphenol A (BPA; see here and here) which just got…
"Dang it, I am sick and tired of everyone's asinine ideas about me. I'm not a redneck, and I'm not some Hollywood jerk. I'm something else entirely. I'm... I'm complicated!" -Hank Hill
One of the most common questions I get from writing all I do about the Universe is whether or not I believe in a…
While on the subject of being talked about, a columnist writing for Pajamas Media recently took a pot-shot at me and my How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic series.
No publicity is bad publicity, right? Plus, a close second to imitation, mockery is another of the most sincere forms of flattery, at…
Well, it has finally happened - I've decided to make a place to keep all the comments I don't publish because they are noise, stupid, or whatever. And I'll take the opportunity to add here all the ones I feel obliged to partially censor, for whatever reason (other than simple gross personal attacks…
I think it's "Milloy." It's important to spell it correctly so we can track the people who trash his pseudo-science claims.
Isn't it ironic? You'd think a site named "JunkScience" would be exposing junk science, not promoting it, wouldn't you? It would be rather like a fire department starting fires instead of putting them out.
Of course, that did occur in the horror sci-fi story . . .
Ed,
Thanks for the catch on Milloy. Important not to slander the real Steven Maloy.
geek slander offers nothing in the side dish!
Sometimes being safe should be the first priority. That explains regulating first, and asking questions later.