Can the viewing of "An Inconvenient Truth" in public schools...?

Question

...be compared to "Reefer Madness" and "Duck and Cover" viewings generations ago?

(This is a global warming question since the film in question is a call to action against man-made global warming)

Answer 1

In some respects yes. But in others man made global warming is being driven by only the left and there is  much darker motive behind it.

That I believe is to get these kids to think that we are doomed unless government can have complete control to regulate anything. Basically we are talking socialism.

It is highly unlikely that the recent evidence that shows we are starting a major cooling trend will be presented as a balance.

Therefore : This is not to get them to think about the subject but rather to indoctrinate them.

Answer 2

they can be beneficial to your peace of mind.

because I saw duck & cover movies in school I know that if I get under a desk or jump in a ditch & cover myself with a door or piece of cardboard when I see the flash I will be totaly immune to atom bombs,so have no fear of them(the atom is my friend)

however an inconvienient truth & reefer madness are obviously not nearly as scientificly accurate as duck & cover. in fact you would have to smoke quite a bit of reefer to accept most of the "facts" in ICT as real.

Answer 3

AIT is something of a propaganda piece, and it does contain one or two minor errors (most were made consciously in an attempt at simplification), but overall it does accurately represent the consensus of the vast majority of scientists on the matter. So in that respect it's no different than showing students films on the theory of evolution (which most denialists are fervently against, no doubt), or films saying that smoking causes cancer, in public schools.

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No we shouldn't. I am saying, quite explicitly, I thought, that we should teach students science accepted by scientists. Thus we should not teach students that the planet was created in six days about a thousand years after the Sumerians invented glue, or that global warming does not exist. The fact that you are unable to distinguish between political propaganda and science speaks volumes for your intellectual integrity.

Answer 4

I thought religious literary works were taboo.

Answer 5

It's no different than the Germans showing the film "Existence without Life" (Dasein ohne Leben) to justify the pseudo science of Eugenics in their school systems about a century ago.

It should be noted that in Briton, before the movie is shown to students, the instructor must notify the students that the movie has dozens of flaws.  There is no such requirement for the movie "Swindle"

Answer 6

Unfortunately the biggest concern for me is that Gore was given a NOBEL Prize for this work of nonsense.  That's scary!

My view of the NOBEL group is now severely diminished, as it appears that they too are little more than a political puppet of the dangerous extreme-left.

Answer 7

I've been moving away from Jello recently but I'm 100% with him on this one.

But let's make a deal - you guys show Inconvenient Truth and we'll show John Stossel "Greed" and Milton Friedman "Free to Choose."

OK?

Answer 8

Sure.

But remember, reefer and nuclear war actually are bad.  So, overhyped or not, maybe we should do something about it.

Answer 9

'An Inconvenient Truth' would be a good film for classes exposing propaganda, like an advertising class or a history class, but otherwise, it should be as welcome in schools as Creationism.

Answer 10

Al Gore, the author of An Inconvenient Truth, is no where to be seen lately in the past few months since we have global cooling right now.

Another way to brainwash the masses with pseudo science to tax us all and waste our tax dollars.