In case you don’t know the line above, lookup “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. Here’s a YouTube clip of one of the most famous lines ever borrowed for parody use in movies.
I’ve always said that if you can’t laugh at yourself and situations, then what is the point of life? After the PNAS blacklist fiasco, I compared the episode to the East German Stasi and the lists of citizens they made to track personal associations. I also quipped: “Will we have to wear yellow badges to climate science conferences?”. That’s a reference to the Yellow badges imposed on the Jewish population of WWII, to separate them from the rest of the populace. It is a sad footnote of history but not unlike the PNAS paper’s attempt to separate skeptics from the rest of the scientific community.
Lucia decided I had invoked Godwins Law, and being the optimist, I suggested this yellow badge for skeptics, since our friends on the other side of the argument always seem to be such sourpusses:
That seems to be a hit, so much in fact that lot’s of people have designed variations. Lots of examples below. So, I’m going to have a contest. We’ll look, we’ll vote. Then I’ll get some made up. Just leave links to your badge images (Tinypic, Picassa, Imageshack, etc) in comments, then I’ll gather them up for a voting page. Keep it clean, be upbeat and funny. Words combined with images are OK too. Just keep some connection to the Yellow smiley badge obvious.
Here’s some examples by cartoonist Josh:
From Cartoons by Josh
Following a request by Anthony at WUWT and discusion at The Blackboard
about there being some climate skeptic yellow badges I thought an Anthony badge and a Lucia badge would be fun – see above.
And so no one feels left out below is a Warmista badge, and, because I couldn’t resist, a Monckton badge.
The third one started off as the Pielke clan badge as they collectively cover a lot of opinions but actually it could be all of us! And, yes, other groups use rainbow badges – so really useful for all kinds of marches you find yourself on 😉
And a thank you badge for Atomic Hairdryer.
Also one for another articulate poster, Raven
(and hoping he/she will get in touch so I can do an ‘inhabitants’ cartoon)
And Bishop Hill of course.
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When people believe that survival depends on their belief system, they do all kinds of amazing things. Like blow up airplanes and trains, throw people into volcanoes, etc.
AGW extremism is no less superstitious than Islamic extremism or any other primitive belief system. Do they really think that Polar Bears care or are affected in any way if they drive a hybrid? How dense can people get?
I always liked this one, although a higher resolution and not animated version would be needed. It seems to be saying “not according to the data!” with a smile.
warm smiley
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1640/smileyfacebutton2.jpg
How about one that says “Sunshine causes global warming?” (I think Fred Singer may already have one)
I hadn’t seen the Raven or the Atomic Hairdryer ones.
Don’t know about the Pielke smiley, but the Moncton one is spot on.
I adore this post. I LMAO
Hey I want a MONCKTON Badge, I love it. I’d proudly wear it lol
I do not want to steal Josh’s cartoon. Perhaps adding a smile and or a thermometer nose to the Anthony face?
By the way I love the idea of buttons. Humor is such an effective tool against those who take themselves much too seriously and are wrong to boot.
I can think of a less polite version of the last badge, with ahem, one less finger sticking up.
Is the badge on the 3rd set top right (the set with 3) supposed to be Lord Monkton? If not, it looks like him and I vote in favor of that one.
http://tallbloke.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/scepticsmiley1.jpg
I wonder if survivors of the Holocaust appreciate and understand the comparison between what they suffered through and what this PNAS paper has caused the “UE” group to suffer through, or I wonder if they feel you are belittling what they went through by making these comparisons….
I’m not an artist, and don’t have the technical abilities to “draw” a sample. (And my son is still sleeping)
I thought the most obvious would be to use a broken (bent upwards) hockey stick as the smile on the “badge”.
Mike
this is more up my alley…. I present – Briffa “Yamal” Hanson of the Climate Scam Hansen Brothers fame…. (in 30 minutes or less)
http://www.packerpalace.com/blog/images/briffa-yamal-hanson-smile.jpg
although I wish I had a fatter lined hockey stick graph to start with…
On further thought…
Broken (bent upwards) hockey stick as the smile
Thermometer, with a big red bulb, for a nose (stolen from Gail)
Stylized temp graphs for eyes.
-left eye an unadjusted and right eye up-trending adjusted temps
Or mayby it should be the the other way around with the left being the adjusted one.
JB.. Intellectuals suffered during the Holocaust, which is also something that should not be forgotten. Any attempt to categorise and deny based on belief is bad.
But I really like my badge. Name choice was based on someone asking me at Uni why I never used a hairdryer. I said something like I do, an atomic one and pointed at the Sun. Being the Uni’s environmental officer, I tried to encourage people to do simple, practical energy saving things. So use a washing line instead of a tumble drier, use the Sun instead of a hairdryer, share showers and baths.
Since then, things have become more radical, and stupid. Housing density increases mean fewer and smaller back gardens, so less green in urban areas. Some areas even have rules about hanging out washing because it’s unsightly, even if it’s energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
The other thing I’ve noticed is Josh’s t-shirts are great for encouraging debate, and had a few people asking what they mean, then chatting about their views compared to mine. Badges should work the same way, and I think humour is a good way to help dialogue.
see http://sweasel.com/archives/6403#comment-50440 for the versions sWeasel has been pulling together and developing.
I like the yellow badge ideas, especially monckton.
Here is one I made (although I am sure someone else could make a better composite than I)
http://yfrog.com/9hmonktoneyesj
Watched the video a couple of times now, and dissapointment, the quoted phrase “We don’t need no stinking badges” does not exist…
“…badges? we aint got no badges, we don´t need no badges, I don’t have to show you any stinking badges…”
I saw the one at http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/ and it’s great – but all of them are good. Humor and fun are natural byproducts of curiosity and learning.
Simply wearing the yellow smiley in light of being cast as “holocaust deniers” is, in itself, so elegantly poetic.
Perhaps 3 different yellow smiley patches, worn randomly, would be worth considering… See no evil, Hear no evil, and Speak no evil….
For the AGW proponents, a green smiley with blinders.
here’s one: the Smile (at the Hockey Graph) Skeptic: http://www.packerpalace.com/blog/images/smile-skeptic.jpg
CalMike,
Great idea, here is my take for the hockey stick smile:
http://www.rechauffementmediatique.org/smileySkeptic.jpg
stevengoddard says:
June 28, 2010 at 6:14 am
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primitive belief system. Do they really think that Polar Bears care or are affected in any way if they drive a hybrid? How dense can people get?”
Yes they can. I know one. Marketeers have a name for them: LOHAS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOHAS
First thing that came to mind. Probably will not work for – – Leif. 🙂
http://i49.tinypic.com/35luvdd.jpg%5B/IMG