Re: [asa] String theory and what that means

An interesting story out of England today:

In summary, it reads:

It's one thing to disagree with somebody. It's another to censor them.
That's the central problem with the United Kingdom's decision to
condemn The Great Global Warming Swindle, a documentary by Martin
Durkin arguing exactly what its title implies.

A response to the global warming awareness popularized by An
Inconvenient Truth, Durkin's film was considered disingenuous from the
perspective of British broadcast regulator Ofek, which ruled that
Channel 4 violated the country's boundaries of impartiality when it
broadcast the movie last year. ...

How does this case differ from Shapely's attack on Velikowsky? I have
long concluded that Velikovsky was wrong -- but Shapely's attack
prolonged his case long after it should have been forgotten. Censoring
Durkin will have the same effect.

Burgy

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Received on Mon Aug 18 16:22:11 2008