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An article about Knut the polar bear got me thinking... shocking, I know.
The article examines how the small, heart string plucking little dood has reintroduced the issues of global warming to millions around the world. Just by being born and subsequently abandoned by his mother the fluffy baby is now the poster child of the global warming campaign; exposed by, but not single-handedly created by Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth".
So, back to my thinking. Why would a BABY bear evoke such emotion? When surely most of us at least felt a pang of sadness when the animated ADULT polar bear kept trying with all of its might to crawl atop an iceberg, but couldn't because supposedly global warming has made icebergs unstable and breakable under a the weight of a polar bear. The scene played out in Gore's movie and was replayed time and time again in the media....because it reaches most humans on an emotional level.
The only clip I could find of the polar bear scene was in a YouTube creation that is anti-Al Gore, but you get the idea.
How many stories have we seen in the media that portray children or small animals as victims, and how many of those news stories have provoked action? We, as humans, are naturally inclined to help the helpless and I think it's about time we help the helpless while helping ourselves.
The only damage we could do in helping every Knut out there is providing a world where polar bears thrive and take over.... but I digress. Can't you see? This is a win-win situation here. Do your part in stopping global warming and we'll not only save all baby Knut, but we'll also save the planet which happen to call home.
Earth Day is on April 22nd, 2007. If a Knut can save the world, so too can you.
And just in case you need more reasons to save the planet.
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Hey, anything it takes to get the word out about world-wide issues! When it comes in a cute little bundle that fits on a t-shirt or a coffee mug, so be it.
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#1 - Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:24 PM EDT{"commentId":648249,"authorDomain":"jmc27"}
Alright, call me crazy (and after this you probably will), but hasn't this global warming thing gone a little far? The whole premise of "An Inconvenient Truth" seemed like a desperate grab at playing at people's fears and make some money. By that same token, a story about an innocent little cub tugs at our sympathies. Why can't we just come out and say what's really on our minds. No scare tactics, no weepy stories that make us oooohh and aaaaahh. We need to keep our planet clean, end o' story. I just don't buy all this global warming crap.
Every morning since October it has been cold. It would be nice if some of that global warming would kick in up here.
Record high temperatures don't mean anything to me when we've only been keeping track for 200 years.
Al Gore wants to scare you and pay money to see his movie and then fall asleep. BEWARE MAN-BEAR-PIG.
Seriously though. I know I'm coming off as some lunatic right-wing nut job, but I don't care. Clean the planet, don't threaten me or tell me to do stuff when you're not keeping up your end of the bargain Al. Or Hollywood. How many of those guys drive hybrids over their H-2's or gas guzzling Ferrari's.
P.S. That bear is awesome.
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#2 - Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:35 PM EDT{"commentId":648306,"authorDomain":"chorne2"}
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If I had actually spent $10 on that movie Hell probably would have frozen over.
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{"commentId":649205,"authorDomain":"ksilva27"}
I know I need to cut back my everyday emissions, but in Seattle I don't drive a car, I take the bus or walk. I turn off the lights when I leave a room, and I wash my clothes in cold water (I know not all of this directly effects global warming, but my dad works for Pacific Gas and Electric, so it's how I grew up).
So I try to decrease my impact on the world, and I still have to share this story: I live a jump hop and a skip away from San Francisco and my best friend Erika is a crazy liberal in Berkeley. Every few weeks, cyclists from all over the bay area come to Walnut Creek and SF to block an intersection with their bikes and to generally piss people off.
They try to make a statement about global warming, but last time I checked, what they are doing is first of all illegal, but the cops do nothing; second, creates more traffic; and third in making more traffic, they are forcing the cars to put more emissions into the air. Global Warming is a huge headache to me, because most of the people who protest for it are just stupid.
I think everybody needs to stop protesting about it and buy more hybrid Prius'!
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