Al gore- What the fuck?

[Ryko]

Everyone realizes he's sharing the award with that panel of scientists that got together and let us all knows global warming is real, right?

"Real"? It wasn't the mother fucking easter bunny, people knew it was real. People have been preaching about global warming for ages.

And no one has been caring for ages. This award isn't about inventing a damn thing, it's about scaring the shit out of people to actually give a damn.

Honestly the number of people who give a real shit probably didn't change, they probably just got louder.

[Kuya]

Everyone realizes he's sharing the award with that panel of scientists that got together and let us all knows global warming is real, right?

"Real"? It wasn't the mother fucking easter bunny, people knew it was real. People have been preaching about global warming for ages.

And no one has been caring for ages. This award isn't about inventing a damn thing, it's about scaring the shit out of people to actually give a damn.

Honestly the number of people who give a real shit probably didn't change, they probably just got louder.

You and i must be living in completely different worlds if you haven't noticed any changes. Regardless, the guy din't get props alone, he's rightfully sharing the award with scientists that also worked to make sure more people actually cared about global warming. There is hardly a reason to denounce Gore being included into the award, even more so when one considers how ambigues(sp?) the Nobel Peace Prize has always been.

[sephir]

Al Gore definitely deserved this prize. We all knew Global warming existed but was anything actually being done on a world wide scale about it? Most civilized nations are now doing something about it (or trying to). 10 years ago if you said global warming was real people would dismiss it, but now there is actually discussion on the reality of it.

[Heian]

Everyone realizes he's sharing the award with that panel of scientists that got together and let us all knows global warming is real, right?

"Real"? It wasn't the mother fucking easter bunny, people knew it was real. People have been preaching about global warming for ages.

And no one has been caring for ages. This award isn't about inventing a damn thing, it's about scaring the shit out of people to actually give a damn.

Honestly the number of people who give a real shit probably didn't change, they probably just got louder.

I finally understand why you have an Aegis instead of GK Relic. You get to argue on BG forums while tanking afk.

[Plow]

Everyone realizes he's sharing the award with that panel of scientists that got together and let us all knows global warming is real, right?

"Real"? It wasn't the mother fucking easter bunny, people knew it was real. People have been preaching about global warming for ages.

And no one has been caring for ages. This award isn't about inventing a damn thing, it's about scaring the shit out of people to actually give a damn.

Honestly the number of people who give a real shit probably didn't change, they probably just got louder.

The fucking Pope made(is making) the Vatican the world's first "carbon neutral" state.


Guess what? THAT'S A HUUUUUUUUUUGE FUCKING DEAL.


And no, it can't be attributed directly to Gore. But guess what? If nobody's out there saying shit, nobody's going to do shit.


What the hell is wrong with honoring people that dedicate their lives to bettering the world?

[Tristam]

Is it a sign of the times that we give the nobel PEACE prize for an environmental concern that's entirely worthy in it's own right, but maybe out of context here?

It seems sad that while I kinda raise an eyebrow at this selection, I can't really think of someone that deserves it.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Is it a sign of the times that we give the nobel PEACE prize for an environmental concern that's entirely worthy in it's own right, but maybe out of context here?

It seems sad that while I kinda raise an eyebrow at this selection, I can't really think of someone that deserves it.

That's basically what I thought when I first heard about this lol

[BRP]

We? I had nothing to do with it.

[Ace-o-fire]

Is it a sign of the times that we give the nobel PEACE prize for an environmental concern that's entirely worthy in it's own right, but maybe out of context here?

It seems sad that while I kinda raise an eyebrow at this selection, I can't really think of someone that deserves it.

Bono!

[Khamsin]

I would have thought the award lost its meaning when Hitler was nominated back in the 30's.

Well, had he succeeded at his world domination campaign he was on at the time, the world would have been at peace... because there's be no one left to oppose him!

[Sagus]

Is it a sign of the times that we give the nobel PEACE prize for an environmental concern that's entirely worthy in it's own right, but maybe out of context here?

It seems sad that while I kinda raise an eyebrow at this selection, I can't really think of someone that deserves it.

Yeah... raising awareness or not, I fail to see the peace aspect of this.

[Zalius]

hes got a Nobel peace prize now, suck that bush

[Saraphym]

What the hell is wrong with honoring people that dedicate their lives to bettering the world?

Nothing, except I think in gore's case, saying he "dedicates his life to better the world" is a bit strong.

[Zalius]

he's made a very serious foundation with the intent of bettering the world, its not like thats an every day occurance

[Kiro]

Manbearpig is all I have to say.

[Kaylia]

Yeah... raising awareness or not, I fail to see the peace aspect of this.

What's your definition of peace? It doesnt have to be directly related to war and armed conflict,it can also be related to the well being of the planet population. Global warming has the potential to seriously fuck up certain poor country, and finding way around it is probably going to save a ton of people.

Can't say I'm fond of Al Gore...he always seem to be doing it for his own popularity more than the Earth, but what he is doing isn't bad either. If his action could change something in the future, than I supose he deserve it.

[Jer]

Is the Earth getting warmer? Yes. Humans are having an effect on the rate, but not nearly as much as people like Al Gore would have you believe. The planet has gone through several temperature cycles, some of which have been *significantly* warmer than we currently are, we just happen to be on the upswing into another one. Even some of the facts he used to make An Inconvenient Truth that weren't outright exaggerations were taken from the government study on global warming where they purposely deleted the warmer periods in the past to make it look like what is happening now is a big OMGWTF. And yes, they did later find the memos and papers later where they admitted as much and gave the reasons why it needed to be done, for people who may think this is like claiming Bush blew up the Twin Towers. If you believe that humans are the driving force for a warming world because of An Inconvenient Truth, you should also watch The Great Global Warming Swindle.

[Yangsing]

Michael Jackson is gonna win nobel peace prize next year.

[Khamsin]

Yeah... raising awareness or not, I fail to see the peace aspect of this.

What's your definition of peace?

It's also conflict resolution and prevention.

[Xavier]

If you believe that humans are the driving force for a warming world because of An Inconvenient Truth, you should also watch The Great Global Warming Swindle.

You should also watch "Every mother fucker on the planet is driving a carbon producing car that emits C02 which sits in the atmosphere and traps heat but nobody wants to take responsibility so they call it a natural cycle" movie.

Do you know why people deny Global Warming is happening? They don't want to give up their lifestyles, so they ignore the science. The science is becoming impossible to ignore, to the point where George Bush, who up to two years ago was still claiming that "all the science wasn't in, no proof of Global Warming yet", to a month ago, where he held a summit on Global Warming after the UN session in NY on Global Warming, talking about the need for every nation to cut carbon emissions before it was too late.

Al Gore has been talking about Global Warming for two decades, since he was in Congress, has created a foundation to combating its effects, and, along with the United Nations council, was awarded for being one of the most influental people at getting the issue into the public spotlight. Anyone who says "wtf" to Al Gore is talking out of their ass, and probably has never had more exposure to him than an episode of South Park.