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Gore is a liberal?  Sheesh, that shows how far the country has  
drifted to the right....

Eric Siegel

On Nov 27, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Paul Orselli wrote:

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> Hi Evan,
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> "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.
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> 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?
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> All that being said, I'd rather have DVDs offered to interested  
> science centers (or science teachers) than sitting in a California  
> warehouse.
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> On Nov 27, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote, in part:
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>> 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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