Al Gore:How Green Is He?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Sorry to offend you by finding it humorous that he tells me my SUV will be the death of humanity but flies half way across the world to give a speech. I can't make you see the irony I see, you can't make me think I'm judging him. Is calling the situation ironic judging him?

You can't make me see that irony because the first half of the ironic situation is not true. He makes no such claim. Or, at least, not without the nuance you won't see in his message.

SUVs are a problem because they put carbon into the air without any effort to remove an equal amount of carbon. Gore emits carbon on all of his travel and endeavors to remove equal amounts of atmospheric carbon. Driving SUVs is not the problem. Doing nothing to ameliorate the carbon emissions of SUVs is the problem.

So yes, you are finding it humorous simply because you believe him to have said something he has not said. Therefore you are judging him on your terms. Not his.

You don't offend me. The unwillingness to engage him on what he actually says rather than caricatures of what he says simply baffles me. Bafflement is not offense.