Liberal fascism at work? As caught not by any Canadian media or any liberal media at all, but rather the conservative-tolerant CNSNews.com:
‘Global Warming for Dummies’ or Global Warming Propaganda?
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
By Adam Brickley(CNSNews.com) – “Global Warming for Dummies,” a guide which claims to “sort out fact from fiction” about so-called global climate change, in reality contains numerous biased statements – in some cases advocating the censorship of opinions which differ from those of the authors.
The guide, authored by Elizabeth May of the Green Party of Canada and Zoë Caron of the Sierra Club of Canada, suggests a wide range of personal and government solutions to climate change. They take positions on tax policy, transportation policy, and population growth while dismissing opposing arguments and telling readers to avoid works produced by global warming skeptics.
One passage, on page 68, seems to indicate a necessity to reduce fertility among the world’s women – and that empowered women will naturally have fewer children.
“Luckily, population growth is slowing and should level off,” the book says. However, on the same page, May and Caron claim that: “It all depends on reducing fertility rates, which all depends on improving the economic, educational, and political status of women.”
The book also makes extensive suggestions for government actions in regard to the economy. On one hand, the authors say on page 145 that, “an excellent way for governments to encourage proper behavior (climate change-related or otherwise) is to offer incentives.” However, on page 156, they say, “Taxes can be a powerful disincentive to individuals and companies; stop polluting or you have to pay!”
The authors envision increased bicycle usage as an answer to global warming – even during extremely cold weather. …
… Even more controversial is the assertion on pages 256-257, where May and Caron argue that people who question global warming orthodoxy should be excluded from media coverage of the issue.
“Because journalists are supposed to give both sides of the story, sometimes they actually create a bias in their reporting,” they say.
Later, they claim that, “Giving both sides equal coverage creates the inaccurate perception that it’s an equally weighted debate.”
They also say: “Although ‘balanced’ reporting might seem fair, the likelihood that humans are contributing to climate change is 95 percent certain.”
The authors punctuate their list of recommended fiction (on page 266) by steering readers away from a novel that attacks their views.
“One novel we don’t recommend for satisfying your climate curiosity,” they write, “is State of Fear (HarperCollins), a 2004 thriller by Michael Crichton. The book depicts global warming as a conspiracy concocted by conniving environmentalists. The story would be amusing if people didn’t take the book seriously.” …
The back cover of the book indicates in bold text that a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation.
Here’s some links for better reading, a portion of the proceeds of which go to ProudToBeCanadian.ca:
– READER EMAIL – 
From: warren
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:33 PM
To: proudtobecanadian.ca
Subject:—Joel: If you wish to send a letter to the company that puts out the Dummies books here is the link. I know I’m going to.
Thanks Warren. Good plan. Maybe we can force them to withdraw the book and apologize to all Canadians and all their customers as they should.
Here’s some addresses:
Canada
5353 Dundas Street West
Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario M9B 6H8
Canada
Telephone: 416.236.4433 or 1.800.567.4797
Facsimile: 416.236.8743 or 1.800.565.6802
Email: [email protected]
Corporate Headquarters
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Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
Telephone: 201.748.6000
Facsimile: 201.748.6088
Email: [email protected]
Joel
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