Al Gore, in a speech at the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative, suggested that it was time for young people to use civil disobediance to stop the building of coal plants without carbon storage. Gore is right, we shouldn't be making new coal plants without carbon storage facilities, but it isn't necessary, and it definetly shouldn't be accomplished through violent or destructive means.
Also, in one statement, met with much applause, Gore said, "Tax what we burn, not what we earn." This was of course in favor of a carbon tax that would replace the income tax. Hey, I'm all for abolishing the income tax, but a carbon tax? That's just ridiculous. And, what's funiest about this is, Al would be paying a pretty hefty fine for his massive carbon footprint, but of course he has enough cash so that it wouldn't matter.
So, Al Gore: former Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, author, and now: ECO-TERRORIST. Yep, right up there with those nutcases in ELF. I mean really Al? May I call you Al? This is beyond silly. This is quite possibly the dumbest thing that has ever come out of your mouth, and that's saying something (Yep, this even beats, "I invented the internet."). Calling for civil disobedience? Well there's really not much more to say. We knew he was ignorant, we knew he ignored the scientific facts that would put the final nail in his enviromentally friendly coffin, but now we know that he's just plain stupid.
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Martin Luther King was civilly disobedient. So was Henry David Thoreau. It is neither violent nor destructive to demonstrate or sit in front of a truck or other destructive force. You show an incredible ignorance of history and the constitutional obligations of US Citizens. To call someone an "eco-terrorist" for speaking out is the height of ridiculousness. Shame on you.
Martin Luther King used civil disobediance to protest racist laws. Here is a definition of civil disobedience:
1. the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. Compare noncooperation (def. 2), passive resistance.
2. an essay (1848) by Thoreau.
So Gore may be calling for a nonviolent reaction, but regardless, according to the definition of civil disobedience, he is calling for citizens to disobey the laws of this country. Kinda funny coming from someone who ran for President. And, he isn't opposed to unfair laws, he wants to make new laws. Picketting, boycotting the company, etc. is fine, but breaking the law to prove a point isn't. And of course I was being facetious when I used the term "eco-terrorist". How could you possibly think I was serious? He's bad, but not that bad.
Anyway, the government isn't oppressing anyone, so there is no call for illegal action. You show an incredible ignorance of the English language. Why don't you try looking up the words you use.
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