Climate change alarmism now officially like a religion
Belief in Climate Change given the same legal status as Religious Faith in GB.
Mr Nicholson, 42, from Oxford, told a previous hearing that his views were so strong that he refused to travel by air …
The grounds for Mr Nicholson’s case stem from changes to employment law made by Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, in the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.
The regulations effectively broaden the protection to cover not just religious beliefs or those “similar” to religious beliefs, but philosophical beliefs as well.
I think some people — myself, even, though I’m not going to bother with a search of the site archives — have been making this essential claim for a while now: climate alarmism seems more like a particularly unthinking form of religion (a kind of fundamentalism, really) than it does a rational and scientifically informed worldview. In light of the hacked CRU emails, this claim has only been strengthened, as it has basically been revealed that the big-name climate researchers were attempting to (very unscientifically) fit the facts to their preconceived conclusions.
But it’s nice to know, all the same, that there’s official legal recognition for it.
Actually, no. If I recall correctly, protection of one’s views under this statute empowers one to have charged with bigotry and discrimination those critical of one’s views. In other words, this ruling enables — fully or partially — climate alarmists to charge climate change skeptics (like me) with discrimination and “hate speech.”
I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that’s how this aspect of British law works.
I started blogging back in 2004 -- in May, if the Wayback Machine is to be believed. Not that I remember the exact day. To be honest, I didn't take it that seriously then; it was a fun distraction, but nothing more.
That all changed, I think, once the Danish cartoons were published, and the assault on the right to freedom of expression became very visible. With the recent issues in Canada concerning the "human rights" commissions, the gravity of the matter has only increased, and my interest in blogging has increased right along with it.
I used to blog at a domain called Time Immortal, but it seemed to be the right time for a change -- there's been a lot of that in my life of late. Hence this blog: a fresh start, and proof positive that I won't shut up even if I get shut down once in a while.
