Emma wrote on Apr 13
th, 2012 at 11:27pm:
Because?? I can't quite believe there are still people who claim 'we' aren't 'to blame' ..so we need DO NOTHING.!!??
I'm loathe to say it, but some people will only believe it when THEIR home is at risk, or even trashed.!! Like the victims of too many! recent (natural) disasters.
I had a dog once that would bring home nice smelly offerings that it had unearthed somewhere and leave them by the door, wagging its tail proudly. However being an intelligent dog, It leaned fairly quickly that it was unacceptable to bring home garbage.
You would think that people who forage around in the virtual garbage pits of the blogosphere would eventually learn from their mistakes, especially when it has been demonstrated time and time again that these are deliberate lies. OK, these tasty morsels might smell good, and they might like to roll in them, but at their core is rotten disease-spreading decay - an affront to the sanctity of knowledge.
Generally speaking, those people who pride themselves on independent thought tend to react with distaste when they find that they have been conned. It's very telling if they don't react like that and it says a lot about their personal character and integrity when they return again and again to the same garbage pit, only to emerge triumphantly with yet another smelly offering.