UK Schools must warn of Gore climate film bias

eccentrictinker · 10-03-2007

Schools must warn of Gore climate film bias | the Daily Mail
Schools will have to issue a warning before they show pupils Al Gore's controversial film about global warming, a judge indicated yesterday.

The move follows a High Court action by a father who accused the Government of 'brainwashing' children with propaganda by showing it in the classroom.

Stewart Dimmock said the former U.S. Vice-President's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is unfit for schools because it is politically biased and contains serious scientific inaccuracies and 'sentimental mush'.

He wants the video banned after it was distributed with four other short films to 3,500 schools in February.

Mr Justice Burton is due to deliver a ruling on the case next week, but yesterday he said he would be saying that Gore's Oscar-winning film does promote 'partisan political views'.
This means that teachers will have to warn pupils that there are other opinions on global warming and they should not necessarily accept the views of the film.
He said: 'The result is I will be declaring that, with the guidance as now amended, it will not be unlawful for the film to be shown.'

At least the Brits have a brain. Here in Minneapolis, our students are shown this film and are led to believe that "it is truth, and nothing but the truth". No attempt is made to show that it represents opinion and is riddled with factual errors.

My 9 year old grandson came home in tears, after watching this drivel, because he was afraid his Aunt Nikki, who lives in California, was going to drown in 20 feet of water. The teacher, who is an alarmist, made no effort to clear the matter up for him.

Babaloo · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by eccentrictinker

My 9 year old grandson came home in tears, after watching this drivel, because he was afraid his Aunt Nikki, who lives in California, was going to drown in 20 feet of water.

your grandson is a sissy

i'm kidding!!!!
i don't know your grandson

but maybe you should have changed your story to granddaughter

Banzoomba · 10-03-2007

I remember in third grade when we were told......by the time we were old enough to drive.....there would be no oil left.......oh and the other one......that everything was going to go metric......seems the only ones that converted to metric were the drug dealers and liquor companies

Mexivoof · 10-03-2007

In high school I remeber the big fear was about globl cooling!

Rissask · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Banzoomba

I remember in third grade when we were told......by the time we were old enough to drive.....there would be no oil left.......oh and the other one......that everything was going to go metric......seems the only ones the converted to metric were the drug dealers and liquor companies

Well, it's about time you switched then, isn't it?

I like that 'sentimental mush' part...it certainly has a lot of that!

I am not so sure it is something that should be viewed in schools, warning or no warning.

Now, the Planet Earth BBC series, THAT is something that should be viewed in school!

Jacko · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Babaloo

your grandson is a sissy

i'm kidding!!!!
i don't know your grandson

but maybe you should have changed your story to granddaughter

I am sorry......

I just cannot help myself....

MikeW · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Banzoomba

I remember in third grade when we were told......by the time we were old enough to drive.....there would be no oil left.......oh and the other one......that everything was going to go metric......seems t only ones that converted to metric were the drug dealers and liquor companies

Sad we didn't go metric.
It's so much easier.

Banzoomba · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by MikeW

Sad we didn't go metric.
It's so much easier.

the only hard part for me was the metric clock

Rissask · 10-03-2007

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the only hard part for me was the metric clock

Banzoomba · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Rissask

click and click

MikeW · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Rissask

BonnyW · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Banzoomba

click and click

It makes sense to me.

...it is another measuring system for measuring time.

I never saw the reason for having so many different times in the world...Why not have one clock for everyone...?

Rissask · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Banzoomba

click and click

I see!

Uh, yeah...that really hasn't caught on here either....or anywhere I don't think.

Don't let that stop you from progress!

(in my job, you guys still using imperial really sucks...I write manuals, and I always have to have both measurements in there, and it is a big pain.)

roni · 10-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Banzoomba

I remember in third grade when we were told......by the time we were old enough to drive.....there would be no oil left.......oh and the other one......that everything was going to go metric......seems the only ones that converted to metric were the drug dealers and liquor companies

I remember in 2nd grade we had drill so that we would know what to do when the Ruskies dropped the nukes on us. Really, we did.

Banzoomba · 10-03-2007

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I remember in 2nd grade we had drill so that we would know what to do when the Ruskies dropped the nukes on us. Really, we did.

I remember we had the "duck and cover" drills

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eccentrictinker life=playa Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 769	UK Schools must warn of Gore climate film bias Schools must warn of Gore climate film bias \| the Daily Mail Schools will have to issue a warning before they show pupils Al Gore's controversial film about global warming, a judge indicated yesterday. The move follows a High Court action by a father who accused the Government of 'brainwashing' children with propaganda by showing it in the classroom. Stewart Dimmock said the former U.S. Vice-President's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is unfit for schools because it is politically biased and contains serious scientific inaccuracies and 'sentimental mush'. He wants the video banned after it was distributed with four other short films to 3,500 schools in February. Mr Justice Burton is due to deliver a ruling on the case next week, but yesterday he said he would be saying that Gore's Oscar-winning film does promote 'partisan political views'. This means that teachers will have to warn pupils that there are other opinions on global warming and they should not necessarily accept the views of the film. He said: 'The result is I will be declaring that, with the guidance as now amended, it will not be unlawful for the film to be shown.' At least the Brits have a brain. Here in Minneapolis, our students are shown this film and are led to believe that "it is truth, and nothing but the truth". No attempt is made to show that it represents opinion and is riddled with factual errors. My 9 year old grandson came home in tears, after watching this drivel, because he was afraid his Aunt Nikki, who lives in California, was going to drown in 20 feet of water. The teacher, who is an alarmist, made no effort to clear the matter up for him. Last edited by eccentrictinker : 10-03-2007 at 09:15 AM.

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Banzoomba big sexy speedo guy Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Top of the Chesapeake Bay, Md Posts: 9,276	I remember in third grade when we were told......by the time we were old enough to drive.....there would be no oil left.......oh and the other one......that everything was going to go metric......seems the only ones that converted to metric were the drug dealers and liquor companies Last edited by Banzoomba : 10-03-2007 at 10:02 AM.

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