Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 23, 2014, 10:19:20 PM

This is why you leave the science to the scientists and the politics to the politicians.

I disagree. Politicians should be scientifically literate.

Politicians should also represent the people

Quote from: Kinder_ on September 23, 2014, 10:24:06 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on September 23, 2014, 10:21:33 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 23, 2014, 10:19:20 PM

This is why you leave the science to the scientists and the politics to the politicians.

I disagree. Politicians should be scientifically literate.

Politicians should also represent the people

I don't disagree. Does that mean they should parrot their constituents' dumbass thoughts that climate change isn't a very real and immediate threat, thus creating problems for the entire country?

How fucktards like this got onto this House committee is beyond me.

Missed my point lol

Politicians don't represent the people, despite their job to. Politicians should be educated, despite the contrary seen everyday where you sit and wonder if a rock would make more educated decisions

Quote from: Kinder_ on September 23, 2014, 10:28:36 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on September 23, 2014, 10:25:01 PM

Quote from: Kinder_ on September 23, 2014, 10:24:06 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on September 23, 2014, 10:21:33 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 23, 2014, 10:19:20 PM

This is why you leave the science to the scientists and the politics to the politicians.

I disagree. Politicians should be scientifically literate.

Politicians should also represent the people

I don't disagree. Does that mean they should parrot their constituents' dumbass thoughts that climate change isn't a very real and immediate threat, thus creating problems for the entire country?

How fucktards like this got onto this House committee is beyond me.

Missed my point lol

Politicians don't represent the people, despite their job to. Politicians should be educated, despite the contrary seen everyday where you sit and wonder if a rock would make more educated decisions

My apologies. You didn't really give me enough to go on. I assumed you were arguing that a representative should support their constituents, even if they are objectively incorrect and doing harm to the country.

Well it its the internet. If it were IRL then I would have said it in a sarcastic manner so it would be easier to pick up on >.>

Although, there's people that work in fields like coal mining and don't want the government to keep on making new laws on the industry and thus leaving them jobless and adding them to the staggering number of unemployed citizens. There should be a balance between wanting to preserve the environment regardless what science says and trying to basically shutdown entire industries

I haven't watched it but I will say this. Scientists are there to tell you what's wrong, how severe it is and what needs fixing.

Economists should be the ones to tell you how to fix it.

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 24, 2014, 09:16:33 PM

Another perfect example of why we shouldn't involve ourselves with democracy.

Que?

Democracy is mob rule, and in the case of the US the mob is dumb 99% of the time.

Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on September 24, 2014, 09:19:57 PM

Quote from: Not a Dustbin on September 24, 2014, 09:16:33 PM

Another perfect example of why we shouldn't involve ourselves with democracy.

Que?

Democracy is mob rule, and in the case of the US the mob is dumb 99% of the time.

It's not like the politicians here are working for the general public, anyway.