The global warming/freezing/staying the same/changing hustle - biggest con of all time

BEFORE we delve into the murky world of the CCF's (Climate Change Fanatics) let me, your local rep from the SAS (Sane and Sensible) give you a few pointers of what to look out for.

Now remember in my very first blog I showed you what masters of lying, Goebbels, Stalin etc had to say about propaganda. How there were basic rules to follow. For example it is important that the same mantra be repeated ad nauseum, until the masses believe. No debate of the subject is allowed, if you disagree you will be simply told that you are wrong and need re-educating. This is exactly what the Stalinist told hundreds of thousands of Russians who dared to question the party line, and why when party officials had special roads to travel on in their luxury limousines the rest were reduced to eating mud to stave off starvation. And so they were sent to the Gulags to be re-educated. For an example of this dictatorial behaviour we have to look no further than our own resident 'Climate Change Champion' Cerith Jones, and his response to someone who dares to dissent.

Somebody called Rob from Swansea left a comment on his blog. It read: Sorry Cerith, I'm still not convinced that Climate Change is a man made phenomenon. A perfectly reasonable comment to make in a country which presumably embraces free speech. So what is Cerith's reply? Does he lay out some facts for Rob; does he back his point of view with evidence? Does he debate the matter with Rob? No. Here is a dissenter and dissension is not allowed. He begins his rant.

"Hi Rob, the majority of climate scientists worldwide are in agreement that climate change is happening now faster than ever before"

This is sheer bullying. What he is saying is my army is bigger than yours so shut up. What Cerith fails to understand is that the question of climate change is a scientific one not a political one – or it should be. He then continues:

"It IS going to happen - and in 50 or so years time when there are widespread droughts, famines, floods, tornadoes and deaths, you'll be sorry you didn't listen and act."

Here he is laying down the law. Don't argue with me it is going to happen, and then the threat, you'll be sorry! Again without offering any evidence or proof or even an attempt at debate he once again comes out with you're wrong and I'm right:

"I'm afraid you're the one who's in the wrong here"

Reasonable people who have a difference of opinion are willing to discuss, debate, to try and convince the other party that they are correct by producing evidence that supports their view. The CCF does none of these, he or she is right you are wrong and that's all there is to it. Again in his final line he bullies the other person and demands he recants his heretical views.

"It's a pitty that you can't see passed your own obsession with climate change not existing to realise that CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HAPPENING, and we all have a duty to act."

To emphasise that his view is correct he actually shouts at the dissenter by employing upper case letters. He also maintains that not to agree with the party line is to be an obsessive, perhaps in need of incarcerating in a psychiatric hospital to 'cure' him. Stalin would be proud. What is a real pity here is someone who supposedly has a reasonable education is unable to spell 'pity' and has difficulty with which word to use 'passed' or 'past'. He picked the wrong one!

In the next session we continue our lessons in how to spot a CCF.