disturbing news

[cali]

From The Guardian:

"President Bush risks having the biggest impact on wildlife since the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. "

thanks to ukcalico for the link.

Comments

[notapipe.livejournal.com]

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There are two problems with this. The first is that it's just exaggeration plain and simple. Yes, humans risk having this impact, but even if Bush were to support Kyoto and act reasonably, I doubt he alone would make the kind of change to equal other extinctions since that time.

The second is that, FOR THE MOST PART (though not entirely), Bush is acting through inaction and allowing this to happen, rather than actually causing it (in some cases he is, though). I don't think we can claim that Bush failing to act positively is like the meteor that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, or even that he had the impact, just that he was a bastard for allowing the impact to go on.

This doesn't mean Bush is blameless, just that such exaggerations hurt me.