James Cameron to Release Documentary on Climate Change

[Sarah Noel]

Originally Posted by Raiden

The only thing about it that concerns me is that it seems to be tilting towards a very self-centered view; the documentary seems to be focusing on how humans are impacted, when many thousands of other organisms on this planet are in far greater peril than we are.

I agree that it's morally wrong to cause widespread and possibly irrevocable changes to the planet just because we can, we're not the only ones that live here, we're supposed to share. There are people that believe this is not the case, and because human's are the most "intelligent," the fittest, we have the right to dictate everything that happens here, that we "won" as a species and this is our prize. I know people who acknowledge man made climate change as real, but believe it is our right to do so. It's actually incredibly difficult to debate with these people, unlike people who are just uninformed, for them after presenting enough information it's possible to change their minds. With this debate, it becomes about what constitutes "right" and "wrong," essentially boiling down to opinion, and becomes an unwinnable stalemate. The only way to combat this is to strike in the one place they care about: mankind. Although knowing climate change is real, they still don't know the specifics, or understand the large scale impact it will have on people. This series' main purpose seems to be addressing this point. I hope so.