Psychiatrists Identify ‘climate change Delusion’

by mpress | July 9, 2008 at 04:28 pm

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UPDATE PERSONAL ATTACKS: It is a shame that some NP members such as SOLARLIFE who called the writer a ("low level couch potato") and others insulted the writer and many NP members with personal attacks. I would like to point out to the intolerant Global Warming advocates here that the personal attacks only cheapen their arguments....mpress

Finally the medical world will do something about the mass hysteria Al Gore has unleashed on the children of the world. Are Global Warming worshipers mentally ill? This is not a surprise. They are obsessed with the environment. They see pending disaster and want to ruin everyone else’s life. Maybe they can develop a pill to cure these manic people who believe Al Gores insanity.

PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of “climate change delusion” - and they haven’t even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru.

Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children’s Hospital say this delusion was a “previously unreported phenomenon”.

“A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events.”

(So have Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery, Profit of Doom Al Gore and Sir Richard Brazen, but I digress.)

“The patient had also developed the belief that, due to climate change, his own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of millions of people through exhaustion of water supplies.”

But never mind the poor boy, who became too terrified even to drink. What’s scarier is that people in charge of our Government seem to suffer from this “climate change delusion”, too.

Here is Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday, with his own apocalyptic vision: “If we do not begin reducing the nation’s levels of carbon pollution, Australia’s economy will face more frequent and severe droughts, less water, reduced food production and devastation of areas such as the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu wetlands.”

And here is a senior Sydney Morning Herald journalist aghast at the horrors described in the report on global warming released on Friday by Rudd’s guru, Professor Ross Garnaut: “Australians must pay more for petrol, food and energy or ultimately face a rising death toll . . .”

Wow. Pay more for food or die. Is that Rudd’s next campaign slogan?

Of course, we can laugh at this — and must — but the price for such folly may soon be your job, or at least your cash. source

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julianw

at 16:40 on July 9th, 2008

mpress, please add opinion to your headline. Psychologists identified climate change delusion in certain people. "Global Warming worshipers are mentally ill." is your own view.

mpress

at 16:44 on July 9th, 2008

I find it interesting that I am asked to put opinion in my title when all the anti American posts with opinions all over the stories are not asked the same. When the others comply i will.

julianw

at 16:55 on July 9th, 2008

Which stories are you referring to?

mpress

at 16:58 on July 9th, 2008

Please I am not new to NP.

dunkelberg

at 17:05 on July 9th, 2008

I love it.

Bully talk for "I've got nothing what are YOU going to do about it?"...

[chuckle]

Y'all have fun!

Night.

mpress

at 17:07 on July 9th, 2008

Goodnight and sweet dreams

mpress

at 17:12 on July 9th, 2008

Almost every story has an opinion on NP anyone here who is a writer and does not just copy & paste has an opinion...

Barry Artiste

at 17:22 on July 9th, 2008

well arent we opininated, oh crap, I just expressed an opinon, let me rephrase thise. Opiniom by Barry,,,,Mpress I wold like to say to you, you are opinionated, Hmmm, that is more of a statement than an opinion, lets, see how can I go about this...???? OHHHH I know,,, Opinion, By Barry, Mpress, In my Opinion, I feel,,,,you, opps later suppers on!

politisite

at 21:22 on July 9th, 2008

Opinion by Albert N. Milliron

Barry, in my opinion you are opinionated about Mpress opinion how could you do such a thing. That is the editorial section

mpress

at 17:21 on July 9th, 2008

These are just a few in the world section

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mccain-misleads-spanish-radio-ad

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/waterboarding-torture-1

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/let-america-be-america-again

dunkelberg

at 18:14 on July 9th, 2008

Oh dang! I am awake again.

These are just a few in the world section

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mccain-misleads-spanish-radio-ad

This is a "news" account of a release from Factcheck.org, which does a pretty good job of holding candidates of all ilk to their words. It is half report on the Factcheck release and half opinion. It also is just, and I repeat just, a cut and paste, and do not know if DCPSRis one of 3BlueDudes.

It should have been labeled as "opinion", at best. Frankly, I would label it as lazy, as Factcheck posts these reports on its website and one could easily read and report on it.

It isn't what I thought this site was about, and I will get into that at the end.

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/waterboarding-torture-1

This is a news report of one person's first-hand experience given by him through an interview. Basically, it also is an advance promotion piece for a magazine article. There is an explanation of the issue, but no counter to the reporter claim that by his own experience waterboarding is torture. That is a hard one, and - honestly - not meaning to be flip could only best be answered on the other side by someone who went through and said it is not.

As it really is just promoting the reporter and the magazine it is more fluff than anything, but would qualify for the newshole (just as a report about someone who came out saying it was no big deal would qualify).

This also isn't what I thought this site was about.

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/let-america-be-america-again

This one is pure opinion, but does not say so in the headline.

However, it begins so:

OPINION: I have a hard time telling Americans about my despair, why I am so angry, disappointed and frustrated by what has happened to their country,

This
[TIME OUT: AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THE BLOODY CAPTCHA ATE THE REST OF THIS PIECE AND I HAVING TO REWRITE FROM THIS POINT ON - PLEASE TELL THE BACKROOM BOBBINS OR TECH GEEKS. AHEM...SORRY]

This illustrates a point made several times by several of us who primarily just write opinion pieces. Since the designation "opinion" was removed from the template, there have been no certain guidelines. Here, moonwolf has done what many of us started to do put "opinion" at the beginning. If it is a news story, often at the end of the story, the author will write "opinion" before expressing his/her views.
Only recently have I noted that people are putting "opinion" into headlines. I like that idea, and have adopted it. To my knowledge there has been no missive from on high that this is the way to go (however, I will admit I seldom wander into the Forums).

As for what I thought the site was, cutting and pasting to me is not so "gathering" news as "sharing" news. Just as story placement in newspapers and broadcasting inserts "opinion" in that someone is chosing which is more important, those who gather here in a sense "rate" the news of the day by the stories which are brought in.

I don't feel cutting and pasting and saying "look at this" is journalism. I don't feel there is anything wrong with it, and I am not condemning it.

As someone who has gathered news for a squalid living, I have a skewed view on the matter.

Now, having said all that, the "bully" remark was unfounded and admittedly taunting. I withdraw it and apologize/apologise. I make no excuses, but will say I have been in a bit of an impish mood today and got carried away.

Well, now, everyone else is asleep and I am wide awake. Night.
[chuckle]

mpress

at 18:17 on July 9th, 2008

I accept your apology I like a good debate my posts sometimes generate heated debate. We are all grown ups and I know you bear me no ill will....

julianw

at 18:33 on July 9th, 2008

dunkelberg, thanks for your thoughts. You and mpress are right: this story -- http://www.nowpublic.com/world/mccain-misleads-spanish-radio-ad -- needs an "opinion" tag. As I mentioned above, we are working on an "opinion" tag that will help to clarify many of these issues.

Anonymous (not verified)

at 16:46 on July 9th, 2008

I guess mpress is another delusional climate-change denier. If he'd experienced the past decade of drought, rampant fires, and water shortage that Australia has, he might be more understanding of the pychosis suffered by the patient cited in the article.

mpress

at 16:52 on July 9th, 2008

Anonymous (not verified) The only denier is one who denies his identity.

PEP

at 17:30 on July 9th, 2008

Ya know, I think that allowing Anonymous comments--as explained in the Newsroom--is only going to increase the amount of flaming and insulting. Really. We already have a very very few members who specialize in flaming, baiting, and insulting; looks like we'd best get set for more. Too bad, but all things change.

dunkelberg

at 18:16 on July 9th, 2008

Accountability makes for better neighbors.

I agree.

politisite

at 21:57 on July 9th, 2008

Please review our flaming polcy. It is permissable to talk about the content of the article critically but calling the writer delusional because he doesn't agree with you is inappropriate here.

Be polite, civil and respectful; If you must argue, make it about facts and figures, not people and personalities (it’s the post, not the poster) Avoid sweeping statements (ie: “All Americans are ignorant;” “Women are not as strong as men,” etc.);

This is directed toward our unregisted guest. Your are welcome here but please read the rules of the road.

Thanks