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I'm always skeptical of people that weave good arguments without clearly stating their point of view.

But that's kind of the point, regardless of what you think about global warming you should be wary of "you're either with us or against us" type arguments.

And for the record I don't know much about global warming, it seems at least plausible, and I certainly don't reject it. I'm just wary of the kind of argument from urgency that's become so popular lately in American politics (and I'm sure it's been an effective political tool since the beginning of time).

I agree about being wary of overly simplistic ideologues. However, conflating climate change science with such ideologues is itself an over simplification. I'd look into the actual science and see if urgency may be a valid stance before spending time arguing against a call urgency.

This may be a good start. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/628

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