Letters to the Editor
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‘Publicity Stunt’
Two weeks ago in Denmark, Vice President Gore refused to debate the thesis of his documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” now nominated for two Academy Awards, with Professor Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist” [Oped, “Publicity Stunt,” January 23, 2007].
Last week in Massachusetts, President Carter refused to debate the thesis of his book “Palestine: Peace or Apartheid” with law professor Alan Dershowitz. There can only be two reasons why these two men would refuse to defend their opinions in a public debate: 1) they know their arguments to be weak and ill-founded; 2) they are using the tyranny of their “celebrity” status.
FRANKLIN REINAUER
New York, N.Y.
