[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
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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The man is a complete left-wing nutjob.
Suppose that you redo his argument and point out that economic suicide will starve millions of people, then would he conclude that all of these advocate warmists like himself should be terminated?
He’s my new genius hero.
Does anyone know if Skeptical Science has disavowed this guy?
Quote: “Consider this: If ten million people are going to die with a probability of 10%, that is like one million people dying with a probability of 100%.”
I guess musicologists don’t learn statistics, logic, or even common sense.. According to this logic:
When I drive to work today, there is a small chance I could cause an accident. That accident could cause a truck to flip over and spill something flammable. In the ensuing mass accident, an FBI agent is killed. That agent was the only one with knowledge about some terrorist trying to poison the city’s drinking water. The terrorist gets to do his thing and millions of people die. All my fault with a likelihood of say 1:1000000. So I have a 1 in 1000000 chance to kill 1000000 people today, or a 100 % chance to kill one… I think I am going to call in sick today.
arthur4563 says:
December 24, 2012 at 6:13 am
Well, we can at least confidently assume that “systematic musicology” has nothing to do with either logic or science, or ethics or morality.
Or making music!
Parncnutt is an anagram of
PRAT ‘n C**T
I don’t have rational thoughts about it that wouldn’t be trite, but at the instinct level, manifestations like this are deeply enjoyable. There is nothing more flattering to a man (I mean the wild-type man we have evolved to be) than knowing there are losers out there wishing he was dead. I like getting death threats. Praise can be fake. But when somebody wishes you dead, it must mean you’re doing something right.
The Prof’s logic is defect.
If he clearly thinks that we are hell bent on proactively murdering future generations, why is he so sure that we would no come for him now?
He goes on to say:
Oh really! Firstly, let me deal with scientist not wanting to take risks with their careers by publishing fake data and misleading.
How about “there is simply no money in environmental doomsday stories”
Now let’s see.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/science/earth/after-disclosure-of-sierra-clubs-gifts-from-gas-driller-a-roiling-debate.html
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/01/follow-the-money-why-heartland-is-a-big-threat/
http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2012/02/17/big-oil-money-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/history/
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/us/exxon-led-group-is-giving-a-climate-grant-to-stanford.html
Wow. Just wow. Like Minority Report but projecting crimes farther into the future with less certainty. And I though Scientologists were wacky.
I am at a loss to even know where to begin with such dreck. At the very least I think Parncutt should be removed from any position where he could interact with and influence people under the age of 25 or so.
How about posting the original page under Parncutt’s name and the directors of the World Future Council as a White House petition and see if it gets 25,000 signatures?
Although it would not surprise me to find there is already a UN working group trying to enact a new tribunal for “Crimes Against Future Humanity”.
Gail Combs says:
I am not at all surprised.
It was only a matter of time before we saw this type of insanity raise its head. Lewandowsky set the stage, Robyn Williams of the ABC took it a step further and now Parncutt is sending up the next trial balloon. Each time another line will be crossed until we are afraid to mention our disbelief in CAGW for fear of physical retaliation.
I fear that someone may actually take it upon themselves to act on these “ideas” at some point. What happens then?
I agree – Anthony, Steve, Willis, etc – be careful.
Need I remind people of this essay? The green professor should realise where he is heading.
Don’t be naive about sentiments such as this. The use of the term “denier” is a political statement, not a scientific one. Calling for the death penalty for “deniers” is just the next stage. Because, you see, global warming is a threat to the whole world, etc. “Global Warming” is a front in the global revolution and resisting it marks you as an enemy. This music professor is just saying what is on the minds of many elites who understand what a weapon “Warming” is. Take it very seriously.
OK so one “n” too many, so its just
C**T PRAT
(anagram of Parncutt)
Assault – verb ~ Defined (U.S.)
In criminal and tort law, an act, usually consisting of a threat or attempt to inflict bodily injury upon another person, coupled with the apparent present ability to succeed in carrying out the threat or the attempt if not prevented, that causes the person to have a reasonable fear or apprehension of immediate harmful or offensive contact. No intent to cause battery or the fear or apprehension is required so long as the victim is placed in reasonable apprehension or fear. No actual physical injury is needed to establish an assault, but if there is any physical contact, the act constitutes both an assault and a battery.
Perhaps Richard can share a jail cell with a 300 lb music hater!
This is the kind of person the Nazis selected and trained to herd victims into the gas chambers.
clearly,the good herr professor parncutt must be first runner-up to the title of:
“southern end of a northbound horse”-of the year….!
I guess the next step for the warmistas is to get very snappy uniforms, with jackboots too.
Also some rousing speeches and some cattle cars.
A WUWT “category” should be added.
Anthony, can someone monitor the main AGW blogs, tweets, etc. to see if there is anyone out there who is shocked by this craziness? I thought a few years ago that the world was evolving toward more freedom of speech, ideas, pursuits….a new and more inclusive renaissance. It’s depressing to think that, perhaps forever, we have to maintain a vigilance. Fortunately, the internet is a powerful tool that allows us to “speak up” and the effectiveness of a few sceptics against a worldwide pied piper movement that wants to monitor our every breath has been truly inspiring. Clearly, keeping the internet free is going to be our next big challenge. Death threats really are the end of the line for this bunch.
Gary Pearse says:
It’s depressing to think that, perhaps forever, we have to maintain a vigilance.
No perhaps. Remember the quote “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
Now you see why some of us don’t use our real names. It only takes language like this to trigger the mind of ONE nut to massacre people.
The anger that is being meted out by Warmists is due to THEIR failures despite unprecedented funding, government and media backing. Yet it’s all slipping away. Now they want to blame sceptics for THEIR failures. Maybe they should look to disaster fatigue, the changing climate 😉 and people genuinely wanting to know more about AGW and find it wanting.
16 years of no global warming compared with the IPCC upward projections is the elephant in the room. Yet they
denyavert their eyes and call us nasty names.“ter·ror·ism
[ter-uh-riz-uh m]
noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. ”
I think terrorists should be seen for what they are.
Hi Anthony et al – Have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. All the best.
@thorsten – and Gail Combs (5:07 am), AllanM (4:01 am), Alexander Feht (12:07 am) and anyone else who somehow doesn’t “appreciate” modern arts – an excellent read:
The Tyranny of Artistic Modernism
Beware the Austrian ‘artist’ who talks of killing groups of people.
I think that’s just barely outside of violating Godwin’s law.
I remember Robert Kennedy Jr said we should have trials for deniers akin to the Nuremberg Trials. There were plenty of death sentences meted out there. There are dangerous radicals everywhere.