This came in from an email - interesting comparison. Talking about Lance Armstrong and his doping scandal:
The parallels to the AGW movement are quite stunning.
Lance and his enablers promulgated the myth that he was a world beating clean athlete. His enablers included media such as the New York Times, sponsors, politicians.
He had the international governing body (the UCI) in his corner.
There were skeptics who didn’t buy it.
Seeing the parallels yet?
Lance Inc intimidated, threatened anyone who didn’t toe the line.
Other riders who didn’t take part were run out of the sport, marginalised, bullied, even called insane.
Other skeptics had their businesses ruined (see Greg Lemond’s story)
In many cases they were harassed or silenced by lawsuits. The lawsuits went in Lance’s favour. Damaged were awarded, critics were cowed.
He even had the altruism angle covered – the cancer foundation, which is now seen by many to have been something of a criticism forestaller.
“You can’t criticise me, I’m saving the world”.
There was even the dodgy use of statistics. “I’ve been tested 500 times and never failed a test”.
He was using EPO when there was no test for it, and then switched to blood doping when there was no test for that.
So, a near perfect analogy for what’s been going on in the AGW “debate”.
Fortunately, we know how the Lance saga ended. The truth always prevails.
Absolutly - the truth always prevails although it can take many years to triumph.
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