Beyond bizarre: University of Graz music professor calls for skeptic death sentences

[Update, Parncutt has pulled his page, the webcite link still works, 1:00 am PDT 12/24/12 ~mod]

UPDATE2:  9AM PST 1/24 The Parncutt page now gets a 404 “file not found” error, which to me suggests that University of  Graz officials pulled the plug on it rather than Parncutt, as Parncutt alludes to and expects the reactions in his ugly essay and was prepared for them. Based on his demeanor, if he had pulled it, I posit that he would have left some rationalization essay in its place. In the wake of well known mass shootings this year, I suspect the University of Graz didn’t want this PR disaster on their hands before it got beyond the blogging world and into the MSM. See below for the page that I archived using an established and accepted archiving service  – Anthony

UPDATE3: 5AM Dec 25th, Parcutt’s page has returned, completely rewritten without a hint of the ugliness of the previous one. It’s a Festivus miracle! I blame the airing of grievances. – Anthony

The bizarre world of AGW proponentry continues. I wonder how David Appell will react to this one? Jo Nova tells us of the latest climate ugliness that is beyond bizzare, and, even more disturbing, we see who’s motiviating this man’s hate. – Anthony

Richard Parncutt

Jo Nova writes:

Death threats anyone? Austrian Prof: global warming deniers should be sentenced to death

Richard Parncutt,  Professor of Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, Austria, reckons people like Watts, Tallbloke, Singer, Michaels, Monckton, McIntyre and me (there are too many to list) should be executed. He’s gone full barking mad, and though he says these are his “personal opinions” they are listed on his university web site.

For all the bleating of those who say they’ve had real “death threats“, we get discussions about executing skeptics from Professors, wielding the tyrannical power of the state. Was he paid by the state to write these simplistic, immature, “solutions”? Do taxpayers fund his web expenses? (And what the heck is systematic musicology?)

Here’s a quote from Parncutt:

“I have always been opposed to the death penalty in all cases…”

“Even mass murderers [like Breivik] should not be executed, in my opinion.”

“GW deniers fall into a completely different category from Behring Breivik. They are already causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of future people. We could be speaking of billions, but I am making a conservative estimate.”

Read the whole story here at Jo Nova’s place: http://joannenova.com.au/2012/12/death-threats-anyone-austrian-prof-global-warming-deniers-should-be-sentenced-to-death/

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This is the ranting of a person who has become propagandized.

Reading Parncutt’s web page at the University of Graz it becomes clear where his delusions originate from. He names the websites “Skeptical Science” and DeSmog blog as his sources.

“For a reputable summary of arguments for and against GW, see skepticalscience.”

“Much more would have happened by now if not for the GW deniers. An amazing number of people still believe that GW is a story made up by scientists with ulterior motives. For a long list of climate change deniers and their stories see desmogblog.”

As his affirmed sources for his article calling for the death of climate skeptics, John Cook and Jim Hoggan now own this despicable ugliness. The question is: will they care? And will they condemn this or agree by their silence?

My guess is neither John Cook nor Jim Hoggan will have the moral integrity to condemn this man’s delusional hatred. I hope to be proven wrong.

Since his page will likely be modified or disappeared once University of Graz officials realize they have a rogue PR disaster on their hands, I’ve permanently archived the page here:

Richard Parncutt. Death penalty for global warming deniers?. University of Graz. 2012-12-24. URL: http://www.uni-graz.at/richard.parncutt/climatechange.html. Accessed: 2012-12-24. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6D8yy8NUJ)

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Sean
December 24, 2012 12:06 pm

Filed complaints today, with the Austrian police and with the rector of Univ of Graz. Suggest we all leverage the tactics of the left, i.e. Alinsky’s rules for radicals, and do the same here:
rektorin@uni-graz.at
oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@bmi.gv.at

December 24, 2012 12:07 pm

I thought I posted this much earlier in the comments but I must have made a mistake somewhere as I cannot find it. So once again here it is. – Ok it may be rubbish but,—:
John says on December 23, 2012 at 11:04 pm:
“If Herr Parncutt is serious, it helps explain how otherwise intelligent people embraced mass murdering ideologies like Communism and Nazism.”
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Dear John, read your history (or maybe the books I read 55 years ago have been burnt – in which case that, my request, is ,of course, impossible) – Millions of people looked upon “Communism and Nazism” in the same way they now look at “Social Democrat(ism)”.
I grew up in a European country (not Germany) where Nazism was seen as the “in thing” until Hitler wanted to take over the reins of that particular country, or indeed all countriesoutside of Germany.
Remember “The Volks-Wagen (VW) or “Peoples Car”” – And the Autobahn to drive it on. – Also remember the “Arbeit macht Frei” saying. – It has become a symbol of the Concentration – or death – Camps but it was the “war-cry” that brought Germany out of the 1930’s world recession.
In those days German scientists “proved beyond doubt” that the Germanic race, and therefore also the German people were direct descendants from the Arian race – which apparently was a perfect one. – So for social democrats to use scientists as a tool is not a new idea. – Nor is it a new idea for them to make exceptional death-camps for certain people, people who do not tow the line are “in for it”. And it may be worth taking into consideration that “Social Democracy” may/will or must reach a “Tipping Point” – Too many laws = secret police, etc. etc.
That’s my rant for today.

kramer
December 24, 2012 12:14 pm

There’s a bit of a resemblance with this guy (and also to Hans Schellnhuber) to the Indiana Jones Character.

John Silver
December 24, 2012 12:29 pm

Here are the email addresses to the two newspapers in Graz:
http://www.grazer.at/team/
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/allgemein/impressumkontakt/index.do
And here is a list of newspapers in Austria:
http://www.allyoucanread.com/austria-newspapers/
I’m sure they can read English as well as German.

Other_Andy
December 24, 2012 12:30 pm

Sadly, he is not the only eco-fascist with murder or mass murder on his mind.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117799062/Earth-First-assassination-newsletter

RichieP
December 24, 2012 12:39 pm

“Martin van Etten says:
December 24, 2012 at 6:31 am
personally I also use desmogblog, scepticalscience, thinkprogress and even realclimate as (respected) references;
next to that I read whattsupwiththat, bishophill, notricszone to know what is living in the counter(under)world of climatesceptisism;
I don’s see what’s wrong whith that;”
If you respect those sites, then it’s unlikely you’d be able to see what’s wrong with any of this, especially as that was the only issue you could raise in the face of this eco-fascist’s sick and twisted outbursts.

Lil Fella from OZ
December 24, 2012 12:43 pm

And here is a quote I accidentally came across that fits the bill.
If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France
The statement of this fruitcake,Pancake, and others like him should be a concern for all the people on the planet. It declares the world is ripe to be taken over by evil and wicked people. I struggle to believe how people are so stupid (and gullible).
Rupert

Billy Liar
December 24, 2012 12:57 pm

Of course, under the green’s sacred Precautionary Principle, Herr Parncutt should be under lock and key in a secure hospital for the foreseeable future. I’m sure his employer, whose reputation he has needlessly destroyed, will be able to fire him for gross misconduct and abuse of the unviversity computer system.

December 24, 2012 1:23 pm

Jimbo says: December 24, 2012 at 7:19 am
Need I remind people of this essay? The green professor should realise where he is heading.
Fascist Ecology: The “Green Wing” of the Nazi Party and its Historical Antecedents
Peter Staudenmaier
http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html

A fascinating essay, pretty much worth reading. Thanks.

Arthur Peacock
December 24, 2012 1:26 pm

Great Austrian musicians:Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner, Mahler. I think any of them would have laughed at the suggestion that music can be rationally ‘explained’. In Haydn’s words, “It comes from above”.
As for where AGW comes from, that is quite another matter…

December 24, 2012 1:29 pm

Hot under the collar says: December 24, 2012 at 11:38 am
Well it answers one question.
We now know who Peter Sellers based Doctor Strangelove on!

Yes — but it’s Dr Kissinger 🙂 Still around…

davidmhoffer
December 24, 2012 1:29 pm

Sean says:
December 24, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Filed complaints today, with the Austrian police and with the rector of Univ of Graz. Suggest we all leverage the tactics of the left, i.e. Alinsky’s rules for radicals, and do the same here:
rektorin@uni-graz.at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thanks for posting that. I’ve sent the rector a complain as worded below. Should I receive a reply (I know, unlikely) I will post it here as well:
I writing to you in protest of the remarks made by Richard Parncutt. While the university has done the right thing by removing these remarks from their website, that is hardly strong enough action. I’m sure you need no reminder that advocating for forced “re-education” and death penalties for one’s beliefs carries with it the stench of barbarism from history’s darkest chapters. I am not one of those who “deny” the science of global warming, in fact the opposite. But having studied the science closely, I’ve also concluded that many of the draconian measures proposed to mitigate global warming would themselves cause more harm than good. As a single example, we are already converting crops into bio-fuels, in essence burning the food while millions around the world are starving. Are the deaths of those people similarly on Richard Parncutt’s conscious? By his own standard, should he not be punished in the precise same manner he proposes to punish others?
The issues regarding climate science are many and complex. They deserve to be debated publicly. Indeed, it is crucial that they be debated publicly that facts, logic and science may prevail over politics, rhetoric, and in the case of those such as Richard Parncutt, hate speech reminiscent of last centuries darkest horrors.
The university owes the world not simply an apology for what appeared on their web site, but a strong and unequivocal statement denouncing this blatant attempt to silence the debate by threat of violence.

Andy Wilkins
December 24, 2012 1:36 pm

(Watch out: I’m about to blow my own trumpet)
It was me who Jo Nova generously h/t’d for sending her the link to this nasty man’s web-page on Graz Uni’s site.
As soon as I had read Parncutt’s odious piece I separately emailed the Rector of Graz Uni and Parncutt to register my disgust. I wonder if I’ll get replies from either of them….
BTW What is “Systematic Musicology”? It sounds about as worthwhile as studying the sociology of drainpipes.

DaveG
December 24, 2012 1:37 pm

I left this remark at joanne nova;s.com blog.
This guy Prof Richard Parncutt, is the same breed of monsters who conceived & put in to plan the death marches in Cambodia – the Russian gulags -The Red Guard murders – The Final Solution. The attempts over history to remove inconvenient groups of people. If you scan his brain you will find a low frontal lobe activity indicating a lunatic in waiting.
In the name of socialism, madness & purity. He’s Evil to the core. Come for me Parncutt and you wont see me turn the other cheek!!

Merovign
December 24, 2012 1:38 pm

Just don’t ignore people who say things like this, don’t let it slide. Think of the massive state murders of the last couple hundred years.
They say they’re kidding, but they’re really not.

Peter Pan
December 24, 2012 1:52 pm

Please, see what Parncutt’s political opinion is, and you will not wonder at all.
“http://www.uni-graz.at/richard.parncutt/”

December 24, 2012 1:55 pm

This man would have done well in the Third Reich. Clearly belief in the CAGW cause has taken over his whole brain and removed his power of rational thought

DirkH
December 24, 2012 1:55 pm

O H Dahlsveen says:
December 24, 2012 at 12:07 pm
“And it may be worth taking into consideration that “Social Democracy” may/will or must reach a “Tipping Point” – Too many laws = secret police, etc. etc.”
The founder of german social democrats, August Bebel, was deeply impressed by Karl Marx. By todays standard, Bebel is best described as a Maoist. One of the current leaders of the German social democrat party, Andrea Nahles, used to have the picture of Fidel Castro in her Berlin office. So, they’re constantly circling a tipping point of lunacy; from their inception. 1891, a German classic liberal, Eugen Richter, has written a 1984-style satire extrapolating Bebel’s visions, available free here, Sozialdemokratische Zukunftsbilder, Social Democratic Future Visions,
(German text)
http://www.antibuerokratieteam.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Zukunftsbilder.pdf
and everything in it sounds as if the later DDR (East germany) took the book as their blueprint.
Compared to that, the current EU is just a bunch of ordinary thieves.

Mindert Eiting
December 24, 2012 2:00 pm

Gene Selkov says:
December 24, 2012 at 7:13 am (etc): You cannot give votes at WUWT but you get mine.

December 24, 2012 2:03 pm

Just sent a nice letter about Prof Parncutt’s text to the Graz Rektorin.

Mike H.
December 24, 2012 2:06 pm

Ric Werme says:
December 24, 2012 at 5:50 am
Forget him, I’m coming after you. That link hurt my ears. 😉 And that’s even with me liking this polyphonic stuff.

December 24, 2012 2:39 pm

Geoff Sherrington says December 24, 2012 at 12:46 am
Please don’t rush to judgement. You might be discussing a delightful person, a cultured and considerate person whose mind has been filled with extreme views in which he believes honestly and deeply …

Good point as he does reference the (wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing) Skeptical Science website in his very first line in that attention-grabbing and now-archived screed …
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Merry Christmas to all on the site here, and to the staff of hard-working mods and to Anthony and his family to be sure!
_Jim
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December 24, 2012 2:46 pm

Gail Combs says December 24, 2012 at 8:42 am

SInce the gun ban in Australia state of Victoria, homicides-with-firearms are up 300%…….
The same sort of statistics are seen in Switzerland.

What? The same? Little too much egg nog while posting mebbe?

December 24, 2012 2:53 pm

Gail Combs says December 24, 2012 at 5:38 am

They are also starting to ‘show an interest’ in home gardens. I just heard there is a newly past law in NC regulating home gardens but I have not been able to track it down yet.

Funny … I heard the WORLD was going to end a couple days ago. Even read it on the internet … didn’t happen though …
Gail, it’s alright if you take a holiday off from con-spiratorial-mindset-thinking, we won’t mind.
Honest!
(Oh, BTW it’s “passed” not really “past” … maybe it’s the speech to text thing huh …)
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Richdo
December 24, 2012 2:55 pm

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire
Seems an appropriate admonition for our warmista drones.

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