[Taxacom] "Merchants of Death" (ooopps, or more politely "Merchants of Doubt")

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi Robin,
       The "merchants of doubt" is probably too mild a phrase.  They are
more likely in the longer run to be branded the "merchants of death" by
future generations.  Therefore, they are likely to be branded (in the
long run) as extreme propagandists, not scientists in any true sense of
the word, and selling their Faustian souls to corporate "devils" for a
short-term gain.        
       First they argued for decades that tobacco was not proven to be
harmful, and now they argue that "global warming" is also not harmful,
or at most an inconvenience.  Either they are totally ignorant or they
just don't care about the suffering of those who ultimately support
their extravagant, wasteful lives.   
              -----------Ken
        
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Robin Leech wrote:
     And, Richard, if you read the book by Oreskes & Conway, MERCHANTS
OF DOUBT, 2010, you will see the reason that a few well-placed people
don't want or need any static from others. 
It is a book I strongly recommend all of us read.  Even though it is
about US situations, I can see similar things here in Canada, so it has
strongly affected the way I view and no longer trust our govt. 
Robin