Comments on: Vintage Post: I’ve Been Duped - And So Have You! http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/ a tongue-in-cheek quest for understanding... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Cis http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-769 Cis Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:54:48 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-769 Well, as always, too much information is disinformation. I've never seen The Inconvenient Truth, but in both documentaries, name dropping seems one very important factor for credibility and besides that we all know it's very easy to give whatever twist to numbers and information in this type of medium. I guess that respect towards nature and people is always a good thing, it makes you even feel better as a person so why not, give a little, take a little... (It's great fun to ride a bike for instance :) Well, as always, too much information is disinformation. I’ve never seen The Inconvenient Truth, but in both documentaries, name dropping seems one very important factor for credibility and besides that we all know it’s very easy to give whatever twist to numbers and information in this type of medium.

I guess that respect towards nature and people is always a good thing, it makes you even feel better as a person so why not, give a little, take a little… (It’s great fun to ride a bike for instance :)

]]> By: Erin http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-767 Erin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:10:27 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-767 Oh boy, it's deeper than I thought! I'll watch it tonight as I wait for my head to explode. Cis, what do you think of the whole thing? Oh boy, it’s deeper than I thought! I’ll watch it tonight as I wait for my head to explode. Cis, what do you think of the whole thing?

]]> By: Jenny http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-763 Jenny Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:13:10 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-763 Hey - thanks Cis! Hey - thanks Cis!

]]> By: Cis http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-762 Cis Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:08:53 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-762 or make that http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656640542976216573 or make that http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656640542976216573

]]> By: Cis http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-761 Cis Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:07:36 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-761 Dont' forget to watch <a>Scam of the "Great Global Warming Swindle"</a> as well. Dont’ forget to watch Scam of the “Great Global Warming Swindle” as well.

]]> By: Erin http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-639 Erin Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:39:42 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-639 Mark, I completely agree. Trying to live an "environmentally conscious" lifestyle is not always easy - nor fun. What if none of it really matters to the extent we thought? Would you still avoid using your air conditioner? Would you start driving more? Would you stop eating local food? Living against the norm is hard, and especially if it doesn't matter... Mark, I completely agree. Trying to live an “environmentally conscious” lifestyle is not always easy - nor fun. What if none of it really matters to the extent we thought? Would you still avoid using your air conditioner? Would you start driving more? Would you stop eating local food? Living against the norm is hard, and especially if it doesn’t matter…

]]> By: Mark http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-637 Mark Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:15:49 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-637 It does make it really difficult to know what to do, and to know what lifestyle changes are necessary, and which are unnecessarily restrictive. It does make it really difficult to know what to do, and to know what lifestyle changes are necessary, and which are unnecessarily restrictive.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-634 Liara Covert Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:26:39 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-634 Hi Erin, It makes sense to be a critical thinker and no to take everything at face value. Its not possible to redo all the research out there. You have to learn to trust your instincts. Hi Erin,
It makes sense to be a critical thinker and no to take everything at face value. Its not possible to redo all the research out there. You have to learn to trust your instincts.

]]> By: Erin http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-631 Erin Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:14:54 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-631 Liara, I agree. When it comes to hard science though it can be hard to know what to believe. Critical thinking is a great skill, but hard when one of the few ways to definitively wade through the muck is to do the research oneself. I have gone out with determination to figure out many things (such as climate change) and come back more confused than when I started. Ugh. Dan, those darn politicians, huh? How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb? Liara, I agree. When it comes to hard science though it can be hard to know what to believe. Critical thinking is a great skill, but hard when one of the few ways to definitively wade through the muck is to do the research oneself. I have gone out with determination to figure out many things (such as climate change) and come back more confused than when I started. Ugh.

Dan, those darn politicians, huh? How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb?

]]> By: Dan http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-630 Dan Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:43:20 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/vintage-post-ive-been-duped-and-so-have-you/#comment-630 Erin, good for you for exposing the hypocrisy of BOTH sides. Often Democrats only point to the wrongs of Republicans and make excuses for their own behavior. Republicans point to the wrongs of the Democrats, and make excuses for their own. They're ALL rascals. I don't trust ANY of them. Whenever someone with a political agenda starts talking politics, my BS detector starts beeping. So, for instance, I distrust documentaries about gun control by Michael Moore as much as I distrust them by the NRA. Hugs! Erin, good for you for exposing the hypocrisy of BOTH sides. Often Democrats only point to the wrongs of Republicans and make excuses for their own behavior. Republicans point to the wrongs of the Democrats, and make excuses for their own.

They’re ALL rascals. I don’t trust ANY of them. Whenever someone with a political agenda starts talking politics, my BS detector starts beeping. So, for instance, I distrust documentaries about gun control by Michael Moore as much as I distrust them by the NRA. Hugs!

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