Ann McElhinney of NotEvilJustWrong.com reports this week that James Cameron, director of Avatar and Titanic, backed out of a planned debate with those who disagree with his views on climate change.
In March, Cameron had said of those who are skeptical about global warming, “I want to call those deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out with those boneheads.”
McElhinney responded immediately: “James Cameron I accept your offer, I’ll even drive myself to your gigantic gated Malibu double mansion to shoot it out.”
Turns out she didn’t have to drive to Malibu, but a debate was planned for the recent AREDay conference in Colorado. In the end, Cameron was a no-show, prompting McElhinney to write: “Does he genuinely believe in man made climate change? . . . Or is it just a pose? The man who called for an open and public debate at ‘high noon’ suddenly doesn’t want his policies open to serious scrutiny.
“I was looking forward to debating with the film maker. . . . But that is not going to happen because somewhere along the way James Cameron, a great film maker, has moved from King of the World to being King of the Hypocrites.”
Ouch.
