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Maybe I'm an image wimp .... but I can foresee myriad problems of
perception.  I'd be very concerned about the opinions of both Joe Visitor
and professional grant givers.  If either party saw that a museum was
offering the Gore film, then they'd probably (and perhaps rightfully) jump
to conclusions about who's behind the museum and what's the agenda.

Feel free to tell me that I'm being a paranoid politically correct nutcase.
:)

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From: Paul Orselli [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [ISEN] Objectivity

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Hi Evan,

"Objective" can mean many things.  Most museums and their programs take at
least an "editorial" point of view.  Personally, I think that's a good
thing.  I don't want to see an animist's sincerely held belief that rocks
are alive, for example, espoused in a Geology exhibition as an alternative
view in the name of objectivity.

Gore's film takes a clear point of view, which people are free to debate or
disagree with (like our current President.) While Gore is a  
liberal, I don't think the science presented in the film is bogus.   
Again, people may disagree on the conclusions drawn from the data, but isn't
that part of scientific discourse?

All that being said, I'd rather have DVDs offered to interested science
centers (or science teachers) than sitting in a California warehouse.


On Nov 27, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote, in part:
>
> Just seems to me that it's a bad idea for a science center to screen a 
> film made by a very well-known liberal, just as it would be to screen 
> a film made a very well-known Republican, or bible-thumper, or 
> moon-landing- conspiracy theorist, or anyone else who clearly is not 
> objective.

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