James Lovelock Suggests Suspending Democracy To Save the World 865
mosb1000 writes "Climate scientist James Lovelock claims it may be necessary to put democracy on hold to prevent a global climate catastrophe. He goes on to say that the best remedies may be adaptation techniques such as building sea defenses."
Lovelock is famously the creator of the Gaia hypothesis.
building building a a dupe dupe detector detector (Score:2, Funny)
if if only only we we had had the the technology technology
Well... (Score:1, Funny)
i suppose if we can suspend democracy and civil rights to fight the TERRORISTS,
we also can suspend them to stop global warming...
So it's not going to be a boot... (Score:5, Funny)
...stepping on a human face forever.
It's going to be a Birkenstock.
I can fix everything (Score:2, Funny)
Elect me benevolent dictator and I promise to limit my term. I'll step down as soon as all of the world's problems are fixed.
Re:Um..no (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe if he burned down the Reichstag, he could get the emergency powers he needs!
I thought we needed to put democracy on hold (Score:5, Funny)
To fight terrorist porn. Or was it child terrorism?
Re:Um..no (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, don't be so cynical. All it would take is for everyone in power to radically rearrange their priorities, stop caring about keeping/accumulating more power, and to begin putting the welfare of humankind ahead of their own. Easy peasy.
Re:Democracy? (Score:2, Funny)
Further, big businesses have way too much influence on our politicians, media, and public opinion. We're essentially a bribeocracry.
Re:Um..no (Score:5, Funny)
You are absolutely right. After reading the GP and your comment. A one world government isn't a monopoly. One can always choose to move to the moon or Mars.
Re:Um..no (Score:4, Funny)
Instead...they succeeded in their stated goals, bringing happiness and prosperity to all?
Wait...
Re:I knew it (Score:1, Funny)
Litres? Petrol? What in the hell are you talking about? SPEAK ENGLISH!!!
Re:Um..no (Score:5, Funny)
Um, 1861 to 1865, you might want to check those years out, seems your Encyclopedia set might be missing them.
Re:Um..no (Score:5, Funny)
On second thought, screw the environment, democracy and fair government.
Re:Um..no (Score:3, Funny)
I volunteer to work as a humble civil servant in your society, and for a supreme sacrifice to the cause, for the sake of loyalty, purity and clarity of purpose, I'm willing to forgo the blackjack.
Re:Crackpot (Score:3, Funny)
Fucking brilliant. What could be more fair than one person, one vote, majority rule, world wide?!
Just think, instead of arrogant Westerners and their so-caled human rights running the show, we could have a truly democratic world government dominated 2nd and 3rd world fascists sharing their enlightened values with us! Oh blessing of blessings!
Why, we could bring about a truly egalitarian society in a generation! A whole fucking planet living in mud huts, herding goats.
Re:Um..no (Score:1, Funny)
anthropomorphic climate change?
"The sun has got his hat on,..."
Re:Wrong way round, Lovey (Score:3, Funny)
How can you have true political freedom if you don't have economic freedom too?
Voting for who is going to take all your stuff is an inalienable right of man.
Re:Um..no (Score:3, Funny)
It's what Gaia would want. She needs his body and soul returned to the mother nest.
Re:Um..no (Score:1, Funny)
I'm on a college campus with a bunch of very pretty young women, so I'll agree that walking around naked when it's hot should be mandatory.
Re:Um..no (Score:3, Funny)
these are just nazis without the cool uniforms
Hmmm, doesn't really leave much appealing does it? For all their faults, Nazis did at least know how to dress to look awesome.
Re:Um..no (Score:2, Funny)
Sounds an awful lot like Nevada.
Re:Um..no (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Um..no (Score:1, Funny)
About this time in the process, the moon would have turned to blood, the tyrant would have overcome his mortal wound, and the 666 on our foreheads and hands would be fully functional for buying our morning coffee.