ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Yeah, Teri! It seems to me that the intensity of this discussion suggests that our visitors might be almost as taken with the topic as we are. Ellen Giusti The scientific evidence of our changing climate is overwhelming. Gore's movie is not a political propaganda piece. It is based on the best scientific evidence we have in regard to Earth's climate. Would you ask this same question as you put forth support for evolution -- perhaps in a movie that shows the overwhelming evidence of the process of evolution at work in our world past and present? And if you did, would you fear losing your non-profit status? I think not. Funding? Perhaps. The movie is based on the best scientific evidence we have on the status of our climate - not the best political or religious views of our very complex but largely understood climate system. We have an obligation as science centers to science. When it is controversial, we have an obligation to understand why it is so and convey that information to the public in any of a number of ways. Among the scientific community, the debate about climate change is over. Let's avoid adding to the confusion at the very least. Teri Eastburn National Center for Atmospheric Research *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]