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We Cannot Command the Tide
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Rivers Pitt, Truthout)
Thu Apr 24 11:33:53 2014
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:33:51 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | In the year 1027, King Canute - lord of the North Sea Emp=
ire comprising Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden - had grown wea=
ry of the sycophants in his court, and of those among his subjects who beli=
eved his power to be limitless. He led them to the shore of the sea and com=
manded the incoming tide to roll back, to show them that his powers did ind=
eed have limits. Right on schedule, the tide did not obey him, and his poin=
t was made.
Almost a thousand years later, North Carolina state legislators from some 2=
0 seaside communities are in the process of trying to pull a Canute, minus =
the irony of the King's instructive intent. In the face of virtually univer=
sal consensus that the ocean will rise by more than a meter in the next cen=
tury, heavily impacting those seaside communities, those 20 legislators hav=
e devised a novel approach to the problem: Pass a law to make any rise in t=
he sea level illegal=E2=80=A6 or, more to the point, to make any accurate s=
cientific measure of that sea level rise illegal.
No, really, this is an actual thing. Insert fingers in ears and repeat afte=
r me: "No no no no I can't hear you I am not listening no no no," lather ri=
nse repeat. King Canute tried this number and got wet anyway. These North C=
arolina legislators and the communities they represent face the same fate, =
and ignoring the matter won't help one whit when the waves are lapping at t=
heir fleeing heels a mile from the shoreline.
Far too many people hold to the mindset of these North Carolina flat-earthe=
rs: Ignore it, and it will go away. Far too many people are still cashing i=
n on denying science in favor of fossil fuel-subsidized "studies" that ask =
the age-old huckster's question - who do you believe, me or your lyin' eyes=
?
Climate change is real. The incredible impact it will have, in America and =
all around the world, is real. We at Truthout are dedicated to the simple p=
remise that facts matter, science matters, and that we are all inescapably =
bound to the same fate if the seas rise to claim us. We work to convince pe=
ople, one mind at a time, that this is the signal challenge of our age, and=
we need your help to do it.=20
We still need to raise more than $43,000 this month, and we're off to a slo=
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">In the year 1027, King Canute - lord of the North Sea Empire comprising Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden - had grown weary of the sycophants in his court, and of those among his subjects who believed his power to be limitless. He led them to the shore of the sea and commanded the incoming tide to roll back, to show them that his powers did indeed have limits. Right on schedule, the tide did not obey him, and his point was made.</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">Almost a thousand years later, North Carolina state legislators from some 20 seaside communities are in the process of trying to pull a Canute, minus the irony of the King's instructive intent. In the face of virtually universal consensus that the ocean will rise by more than a meter in the next century, heavily impacting those seaside communities, those 20 legislators have devised a novel approach to the problem: Pass a law to make any rise in the sea level illegal… or, more to the point, to make any accurate scientific measure of that sea level rise illegal.</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">No, really, this is an actual thing. Insert fingers in ears and repeat after me: "No no no no I can't hear you I am not listening no no no," lather rinse repeat. King Canute tried this number and got wet anyway. These North Carolina legislators and the communities they represent face the same fate, and ignoring the matter won't help one whit when the waves are lapping at their fleeing heels a mile from the shoreline.</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"><br />
</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">Far too many people hold to the mindset of these North Carolina flat-earthers: Ignore it, and it will go away.</span></font></b><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"> Far too many people are still cashing in on denying science in favor of fossil fuel-subsidized "studies" that ask the age-old huckster's question - who do you believe, me or your lyin' eyes?</span></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"><br />
</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">Climate change is real. The incredible impact it will have, in America and all around the world, is real. We at Truthout are dedicated to the simple premise that facts matter, science matters, and that we are all inescapably bound to the same fate if the seas rise to claim us. </span><b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;">We work to convince people, one mind at a time, that this is the signal challenge of our age, and we need <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rMbd%2FOdMct3qFuvdLoFghlMHFCr7ha4h">your help</a> to do it. </span></b></font><font color="#444444" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15.972001075744629px;"><br />
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