If Al Gore read DK regularly, he would know all about Godwin's law:
"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
In a talk this morning at Oxford, UK's Smith World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, Mr. Gore admitted:
"The level of awareness and concern among populations has not crossed the threshold where political leaders feel that they must change."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/...
Although the article does not quote Mr. Gore using the "N" word, they certainly gleaned such from his statement:
"Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War II."
The article characterized as follows:
Mr Gore admitted that it was difficult to persuade the public that the threat from climate change was as urgent as the threat from Nazi Germany.
Ever since Al Gore said "The Debate is Over", I have followed the debate with interest. Most of the science is over my head, but it's still interesting following the debate, including the flame wars between such sites as:
http://www.realclimate.org/ vs. http://www.icecap.us/
There are literally hundreds of websites / blogs on both sides of the issue. I tend to be skeptical of BOTH sides, but enjoy the back and forth, along with the very interesting science (that I don't understand)
I have detected a certain escalation of rhetoric on both sides of the issue in connection with Congressional activity on the subject.