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Title: The Power of Nightmares - BBC Documentary (Must watch, it's worse than we thought, folks)
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URL Source: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?e ... id=1073756275&vid=213659&b=157
Published: Jan 23, 2008
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2008-01-23 14:23:16 by christine
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#3. To: christine, RickyJ, iconoclast, FOH, robin, Zipporah, Dakmar, Critter, lodwick, Cynicom, who knows what evil, Hayek Fan, Sparker (#0) (Edited)

Excellent film, Christine. I can summarize it in a a few sentences:

1. Due to an acceptance of the precautionary principle, government officials are now apt to accept the darkest predictions without benefit of proof (David Cole, Georgetown University). Note the link to the neophyte global warming community in past decades!
2. NeoCons and Islamists are the world's last idealists. (David Johnston, New York Times.) Warning: I am uncertain that I'm crediting him correctly, but the idea was expressed.
3. Grand ideas have lost their appeal to modern societies, and the lack of belief in anything exposes populations to fear of those with strong beliefs. (Bill Durodie, King's College).
4. This crisis too, will pass. Real solutions will be proven lacking. (The film's narrator, presumably an idea shared by Adam Curtis.)

One of the qualities Ron Paul brings to our particular situation is the notion that rational processes should be foremost in guiding national and international policies, especially in life or death situations, and in situations involving civil liberties.

I think we in the pro-liberty movement can take similar inspiration: those with the darkest imaginations are not necessarily the ones to be given the most influence.

What I found most interesting was the alleged link the film makes between environmentalism's activists of former periods (in the global warming camp in particular) and the precautionary principle movement. The notion is that we can't wait until we understand a perceived threat before acting on our limited understanding of it.

We appear to be overcome by the peddlers of fear. I think this is the most positive aspect of Ron Paul's campaign, and possibly the hardest to explain. He wants to set us free from irrational fears so that we can concentrate on specific, well-justified efforts. I hope to spread this idea around the campaign somehow, so please pass it on. To communicate this message, we must take care not to be using the same fear-mongering tactics of our political rivals.

buckeye  posted on  2008-01-26   12:44:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Due to an acceptance of the precautionary principle, government officials are now apt to accept the darkest predictions without benefit of proof

"Precautionary principle" my ass.

Due to an acceptance of the precautionary principle the fact that Big Fear feeds the Big Government Pols they eagerly feed those fears by promoting the darkest predictions without benefit of proof

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