Your opinion, please?

Question

Jan 25, 2007

A planned seventh grade showing in Washington state of Al Gore's film on global warming has kicked up a major fuss.

The Oscar-nominated documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" was to have been shown at a school science class in Federal Way, Wash., a Seattle suburb, until one of the children's fathers angrily attacked the idea and got its showing temporarily scrubbed for the entire district.



Frosty E. Hardiman, father of seven and an evangelical Christian, objected to the film, he said, because it blamed the United States for global warming. He says he believes it to be, instead, "one of the signs" of Jesus' imminent return, The Washington Post said.

Hardiman succeeded in convincing the school board into banning the film for the district's 22,500 students, though the ban has been lifted, subject to rigorous conditions, after board members were sent thousands of e-mail messages and phone calls, the Post said.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21260963.shtml

Answer 1

My opinion...
There is no harm in viewing the documentary as a group and then open the floor for discussion...
Sure 12 and 13 year olds are impressionable but they are old enough to hear both sides of something and decide what makes sense to them... Give them some credit they do have a brain...they just need guidance & direction. This would be a good learning experience for them to see the film after hearing all the fuss about it and share their thoughts in class and with their parents. It's all good in my opinion. I mean after all, they are probably allowed to view music videos which are questionable without adults to discuss what's going on in them... what's better? Do you see what I'm saying?

It amazes me that one guy could be so upset over a film to get it "scrubbed for the entire district." Has he done anything else to stop other more important things to be focused on like drug use in schools or bullying or gangs.... Probably not, but to get all over a documentary about global warming oh yeah.
He could have just kept his kids home that day or have them leave the classroom when the film would be played.
He sounds as though anything bad that happens in his world is a sign Jesus is coming.... I thought Jesus is suppose to be a good guy...what's Frosty saying?

I don't understand how one documentary could have such divergent strong opinions... I've seen it, it supports the data that's been recorded for decades. (I won't get into it here) People just don't want to admit our bad habits are too much for the planet to keep up with and now it's starting to backfire.
As far as a previous answerer stated about the plants and CO2... Sure if the rainforests weren't being clear cut everyday (acres and acres) maybe the lungs of the world would be strong enough help with the emissions... Think of how North America used to be before the "white man" came to farm... there were hundreds of thousands of acres of forest.
By the way, don't cars emit carbon monoxide? How do plants deal with that? Not very well I'd imagine.

That's all I have to say for now. The guy needs to relax and focus on more important issues closer to home.

Answer 2

That's outrageous. This jerk has probably never even watched the film. And if the Bible says God created the Earth, don't we owe it to Him to take care of. Just because someone dislikes the person presenting the information doesn't make the information false. Virtually every climate scientist in the world that isn't on Exxon-Mobil's payroll believes that global warming is for real. Would you believe smoking cigarettes is healthy if a scientist from a tobacco company said it was?

Answer 3

They should be mad . The film is a night mare and has very little fact. Look at what the plants have done for us . study the process of photosynthesis . The big bad CO2 that has been blamed for global warming is not there. The plants have already taken care of the pollution . CO2 is just the first step in Mother nature automatic air recycling. The plants need the CO2 as much as u need oxygen. if the CO2 is not there I doubt that any part of it is true.

Answer 4

Strange isn't it - he's obviously pining his hopes on divine intervention. Maybe he doesn't trust kids to watch it and make up their own minds about the science. Perhaps preferring to get them to sit back and wait for Jesus II to show up in a 4x4 ready to fight for peace and profit.
If I was religious then I might think that if Jesus goes away for a couple of millennium, leaving us in charge, then comes back to find we've trashed the place he might first knock on the door of those who ignored it all and expect him to pick up the pieces....

Answer 5

i think of people might properly be satisfied to have the opinion that they want. they must be waiting to particular there opinion, and people who pay attention (which must be lots of individuals) ought to have an open techniques, and doubtless substitute there opinion. some comments won't grow to be something, whether it doesnt advise there valueless. whether no one treasures your opinion, you need to. Its what makes you who you're.