16-08-2011, 05:28 PM
First things first: I'm enjoying the hell out of this thread. In spite of the occasional emotion-driven response -- predictable, necessary, and humanizing -- I'm learning a great deal about multiple subjects. Thank you, one and all, for your contributions. And a special tip of the hat to Greg, who got us started.
If I may:
This paragraph cannot be understood unless we acknowledge and address its bipartite construction.
There is great value in Sorensen's best guess as to JFK's thoughts regarding climate change/warming. He did indeed know the president's mind at least as well as anyone else could know it. I read Sorensen's subtext as: JFK would have seen through political/corporate pseudo-science, accepted the reality of warming, and done everything in his power to save the planet.
(On the other hand -- and with a nod to Greg -- JFK just might have ended up sharing the Burnham point of view. Although I doubt it -- but I'm no JFK.)
Alas, for me it does not follow that JFK would have approved UN efforts to reverse warming and its effects. His keen insight, as well as the insight of those great minds he no doubt would have assembled to address this problem, very well might have discerned "problems" with the UN's policies and actions.
Charles
If I may:
Gary Severson Wrote:I asked Ted Sorensen what he thought JFK would think about man made global warming. He said without a doubt he would think man was the source of warming. I guess the UN's attempts to stop global warming would get JFK's applause.
This paragraph cannot be understood unless we acknowledge and address its bipartite construction.
There is great value in Sorensen's best guess as to JFK's thoughts regarding climate change/warming. He did indeed know the president's mind at least as well as anyone else could know it. I read Sorensen's subtext as: JFK would have seen through political/corporate pseudo-science, accepted the reality of warming, and done everything in his power to save the planet.
(On the other hand -- and with a nod to Greg -- JFK just might have ended up sharing the Burnham point of view. Although I doubt it -- but I'm no JFK.)
Alas, for me it does not follow that JFK would have approved UN efforts to reverse warming and its effects. His keen insight, as well as the insight of those great minds he no doubt would have assembled to address this problem, very well might have discerned "problems" with the UN's policies and actions.
Charles