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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 15, 2018, 02:09:11 pm

Title: Victory for free speech in climate debate
Post by: rangerrebew on February 15, 2018, 02:09:11 pm

Victory for free speech in climate debate
'When you start to lose an argument, you attack the individual'
Published: 12 hours ago

 

A judge in British Columbia dismissed all charges against climate-change skeptic Dr. Tim Ball, in what Ball calls a major win for free speech in an era where the effort to stifle politically incorrect opinions is “endemic.”

On Tuesday, Judge Ronald Skolrood dismissed the charges aimed at Ball by Canadian climate scientist Andrew Weaver, who is also leader of the Green Party in British Columbia and has a long affiliation with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Why was Weaver targeting Ball in court?

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/victory-for-free-speech-in-climate-debate/#3XRZAreBI87PB1or.99 (http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/victory-for-free-speech-in-climate-debate/#3XRZAreBI87PB1or.99)