In Federal Way, Washington state, a suburb of Seattle, a controversy rages on the propriety of showing Al Gore's film on Global Warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," in the classroom. The "controversy" is that some parent's have complained that the school district has not presented alternative viewpoints to that presented in the film. Specifically, these parents would like to see counter arguments, including religious ones, to the contention that Global Warming is caused by man's activity. Well, I'm sorry, but I think we are a little late in the game for this to be happening. There is no longer any controversy regarding Global Warming or its primary causes. That is not just my opinion it is the accepted opinion of all of the appropriate experts. Any alternative argument is almost certainly wrong.
Education is never perfect, but there is no justification for deliberately teaching information that is probably wrong. If you do that you are not educating you are indoctrinating and that can not be tolerated in a free nation. Today's children will be living their lives in a world subjected to the climate changes caused by global warming. They will be the ones who have to face it and find a way to live with its fury. It is too late for us to prevent global warming from effecting them so we must prepare them for it. "An Inconvenient Truth" can only be a small start for that immense task.
[Seattle P.I. Link: Board's ban on global warming film challenged]
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