It’s official -- putting plastic bottles into the recycling bin or going on a Greenpeace demo is akin to having a religious experience. Rupert Dickinson, who was made redundant by a London property company, claimed that it had discriminated against him on account of his subscription to the theory of man-made global warming and other environmental issues which he said constituted a ‘philosophical’ belief. In any rational universe, he would be sent away with a flea in his ear for trying it on. But this is not such a world. At an Employment Appeal Tribunal Mr Justice Burton ruled that because of his belief in climate change Dickinson was entitled to the same protection against discrimination as someone with religious convictions. How hilarious is this?! When sceptics like me observe that man-made global warming resembles religious zealotry because it is...
Wednesday, 4th November 2009
The deep green sophistry of 'religious' equivalence
5:38pm
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Posts
