Archives for November 2, 2006

I’m copying this comment by David from an earlier thread:

“In democracy, we tolerate MMR vaccine deniers, AGW deniers, GM deniers, fluoride deniers, water recycling deniers, abortion choice deniers, Inconvenient Truth deniers, Al Gore is an ecological scholar deniers, God deniers, synthetic chemical deniers, stem cell deniers, IVF deniers, convential medicine deniers, food crisis deniers, oil crisis deniers, biofuel deniers, windmill for electricity deniers, computer simulation of the real world deniers, Catholic Church infallibility deniers (who are protestant), Islam deniers (who are Catholic), Jesus deniers ( who are Jewish), Jewish deniers who are Jewish, Aussie deniers who are Islamic, Gaia deniers, chiroropractic and iridology deniers, Rupert Murdoch deniers, socialism deniers, free-market choice deniers, electric pylon magnetic radiation deniers (who still use mobile phones to complain about the pylons), DDT stops malaria deniers, DDT causes cancer deniers, DDT causes endocrine disruption deniers, natural lavender extracts cause endocrine disruption deniers, natural plant contain cancer causing chemical denier, microwave deniers, industrial agriculture and fertiliser to save the forrest and the atmosphere deniers, conservation tillage deniers, what you read in the newspapers is all true deniers, Fairfax press deniers, Andrew Bolt knows something about global warning deniers, and their all ok, except AGW deniers who are evil and immoral according to David Suzuki.

Thank goodness we are wealthy and can live with denial. But I know its hard sometimes, trust me on this.“

I was going to wait until we had all of the detail sorted before telling you, but in a piece by Rory Carroll entitled ‘Green Goblins’ The Guardian has spilt the beans:

“…The feature-length documentary follows the Michael Moore template of championing the underdog, in this case impoverished communities in Romania, Madagascar and Chile, but instead of attacking the mines it goes for the ecologists.

Mine Your Own Business, whose British premiere is this week, casts the green movement as the influential villain of a worldwide campaign to block development and deny people the chance of jobs and a decent life.

Written and presented by a former Financial Times journalist, Phelim McAleer, 39, it is a polemical broadside against what it sees as the duplicity and unaccountability of non-governmental organisations.

… The documentary, which will be entered into film festivals, is due to be screened in Britain for the first time on November 1 by the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, a conservative thinktank. An Australia tour sponsored by the Institute of Public Affairs will follow.”

So here’s some of the detail.

Australian screening:

Melbourne, 20th November, Arthur Streeton Auditorium, Sofitel

Hobart, 21st November, Old Woolstore Theatrette, 1 Macquarie Street

Sydney, 22nd November, Dendy Opera Quays, East Circular Quays

Perth, 23rd November, Cinema Paradiso, Northbridge.

Screeings at all venues will start at 6pm. The movie runs for 66 minutes. If you hang around afterwards there will be discussion with Phelim McAleer and maybe also drinks. Reserve a place by emailing ipa@ipa.org.au

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Thanks to Schiller for letting me know about he movie, and to Phelim McAleer for agreeing to visit us down under.