Donna Laframboise - noconcensus.org

I came across this writers blog and website the other day and I was drawn in by it's detail and muck-racking, common-sense approach.   The author was once a favourite writer in the National Post, but fell from favour and took off work for a while (among other things).  This new site www.noconsensus.org - is a strongly sceptical, global warming critic - and for that I thank her.

Here was one of her most valuable observations was this:

Global Warming, Fanatics, and Freedom

People who claim to be making the world a better place have often delivered misery. The Soviets, for example, said they were building a more equal society. Instead, they murdered tens of millions. 

The environment is important. But so are other things. The freedoms that generations of our forbearers sacrificed and died for cannot be brushed aside in the name of saving the planet. Do we want to live in a world: 

• where asking questions is considered immoral? 
• where industries that have helped us achieve long, prosperous lives are demonized? 
• where elected politicians who think differently than unelected activists are jailed? 

Most people concerned about global warming are sensible individuals who know the ends don't justify the means. But every movement has its extremists. And in this case, those extremists are hearing some disturbing messages about our right to hold different points-of-view.

What I can't figure out is why she would be led astray so easily by someone else.