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Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« on: March 10, 2015, 10:10:05 am »
And immediately everything is better. Now that employees at Department of Environmental Protection aren't allowed to use the terms "climate change," "global warming" or "sustainability" (presumably "common sense" was banned years ago) none of these things is a problem and everyone is feeling much better. Why haven't others tried these simple methods? Ignore the problem and it will just go away.
 
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/03/09/florida-officials-ban-term-climate-change?cmpid=ait-fb

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The National Climate Assessment recently warned, “There is an imminent threat of increased inland flooding during heavy rain events in low-lying coastal areas such as southeast Florida, where just inches of sea level rise will impair the capacity of storm-water drainage systems to empty into the ocean.”

See? Hearing something like that would just make you worry too much. "Keep your head in a bucket and carry on" as the British used to say.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2015, 10:30:32 am »
It was only an unwritten, informal policy. Any formal executive order like this would have collided head-on with the first amendment.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2015, 10:49:47 am »
Quote from: Ironchew on March 10, 2015, 10:30:32 am
It was only an unwritten, informal policy. Any formal executive order like this would have collided head-on with the first amendment.

If it was unwritten and informal how did they enforce it? Because the only thing that would make me obey such an order would be if I was threatened with losing my job by disobeying (and that would just make me be more subtle before I inform some other authority.)
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2015, 11:02:59 am »
Well see how they feel once there is no longer a Florida to live in and it's all underwater.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2015, 11:15:09 am »
Quote from: askold on March 10, 2015, 10:49:47 am
Quote from: Ironchew on March 10, 2015, 10:30:32 am
It was only an unwritten, informal policy. Any formal executive order like this would have collided head-on with the first amendment.

If it was unwritten and informal how did they enforce it?

The same way an employee can be fired for things they can't legally be fired for. The administration makes sure to keep any mention of the actual incident off the books and finds a convenient excuse later.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2015, 11:23:19 am »
Okay, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with Florida?
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2015, 11:33:00 am »
Quote from: Id82 on March 10, 2015, 11:02:59 am
Well see how they feel once there is no longer a Florida to live in and it's all underwater.

Don't be so quick to drown me, bro! ;D  Since the minds of tea bagger Florida pols are unfathomable, here, have some TMI trivia, instead...The coastal areas and the Everglades in the south will be underwater, but the central "spine" of the Florida peninsula is high enough above sea level. Unfortunately, that remaining dry land may include the fuckwit pols' districts. Bah. Florida is a very large, ancient fossil barrier reef that has built up over the eons, fed by the ancient Mississippi River's nutrient and silt output, and a gradual accumulation of soil depth from forests and grasslands as the prehistoric sea levels lowered. The Great Barrier Reef in Oz may someday become a landmass via similar processes. Hopefully, without fuckwit pols living on it.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2015, 12:43:17 pm »
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on March 10, 2015, 11:23:19 am
Okay, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with Florida?

I dunno. Maybe those old snowbird geezers (who come down just in time for Election Day and are probably either wingnuts, senile or senile wingnuts) or maybe it's the drugs or maybe.....(Space) ALIENS!.....I haven't the foggeist. This is the same state that brought us face-chomping naked maniac guys! I get the impression that all the smart, normal, sane Floridians ditched the state years ago (with the exception of mellenORL...sorry, man).

I wonder if the folks getting the "gag order" on certain terms can get around this with linguistic gymnastics?

"WEIRDO WEATHER"! "WARMER PLANET"! "GAIA'S FEVER"! "THE INCREDIBLE SUBMERSIBLE STATE"!.....or Replace "Climate Change/Global Warming" with "Governor Scott" while replacing the term, "Sustainability" with "Lady Liberty", "Captain Planet" or "Orange Groves".
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2015, 03:25:17 pm »
It sounded way too weird to be true, so I fact checked it.  Unfortunately, it doesn't show up on Fc or Snopes, and I'm hoping the truth is stretched.  If not, I have yet another reason to hate my state.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2015, 05:57:59 pm »
Just another example of why we're known as "Floriduh."
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2015, 12:32:24 am »
Quote from: Vypernight on March 10, 2015, 03:25:17 pm
It sounded way too weird to be true, so I fact checked it.  Unfortunately, it doesn't show up on Fc or Snopes, and I'm hoping the truth is stretched.  If not, I have yet another reason to hate my state.

I hope it's a myth, too.

Anyone think Gov. Scott looks like Pluto from The Hills Have Eyes?
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2015, 12:38:57 am »
I prefer comparing Governor Scott to Lord Voldemort.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2015, 03:16:36 am »
Quote from: niam2023 on March 11, 2015, 12:38:57 am
I prefer comparing Governor Scott to Lord Voldemort.

That, too.
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2015, 04:50:18 am »
Actually, Scott reminds me of the villain from the Polterguise movies (the reverend), especially when he smiles. 
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Re: Florida banned the term "climate change" amongst few others
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2015, 11:21:41 am »
Quote from: Vypernight on March 11, 2015, 04:50:18 am
Actually, Scott reminds me of the villain from the Polterguise movies (the reverend), especially when he smiles.

   
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