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laundry_queen

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33. I'd say it was a BIT disingenuous. A tiny bit.

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:48 PM

Mar 2012

Yes, up north there are a lot of 'scrub' pine forests. There are even some nice flowers, and birch/poplar are beautiful there in the fall. I just don't like the indirect comparison of a photo that is obviously in western Alberta near the rockies, and the tar sands pictures (which is located near Ft. Mac in the northeastern section).

So while it may not be an exaggeration that pine forests get torn down and destroyed, the before picture is not a 'real' before picture. It's in a different part of the province. If it's not the same piece of land, it's an inaccurate photo. If we are to get our message out, we must make sure we are accurately showing reality. Everyone I know who lives here would pick out this inconsistency in a heartbeat and thus disregard this as 'propaganda'.

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Tar sands....needs no words. [View all] Skidmore Mar 2012 OP

Cute. Egalitariat Mar 2012 #1

How so? Skidmore Mar 2012 #2

See post #5. The pic in the OP is a fabrication. Nobody who thinks critically will buy it. Egalitariat Mar 2012 #15

I'd still prefer our lands to look like the first picture and not the second. Skidmore Mar 2012 #16

There is a more effective, and honest, way to make that argument than what is portrayed in that Egalitariat Mar 2012 #18

I've seen other photos and film footage of the tar sands and even Cleita Mar 2012 #22

Indeed, but the propaganda is using false arguments. MineralMan Mar 2012 #28

The pic is not an exaggeration Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #32

I'd say it was a BIT disingenuous. A tiny bit. laundry_queen Mar 2012 #33

I agree absolutely Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #36

this is what i call evil. n/t laruemtt Mar 2012 #3

yes....it's like the ugliest scenes BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #4

I so totally agree, Blanche. Overpopulation is tearing our world apart. loudsue Mar 2012 #37

That would be a lot more effective if MineralMan Mar 2012 #5

Yes, something that is like this edited photo Ezlivin Mar 2012 #12

Ah, Photoshop. MineralMan Mar 2012 #17

Uh, Pixelmator Ezlivin Mar 2012 #20

I live in Alberta laundry_queen Mar 2012 #35

It's actually counterproductive if not the same place, imo. n/t gulliver Mar 2012 #27

Exactly my point. MineralMan Mar 2012 #29

Those are not the same place,so why post them. Swede Mar 2012 #6

Actually, the truth is a little uglier than that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #11

Tar sand areas of extraction are ugly Sheepshank Mar 2012 #7

link to the story warrior1 Mar 2012 #8

Yes. Excellent article. The image in the OP did not come from it. MineralMan Mar 2012 #30

doesn't matter what the before pic is, the after pic would still be as ugly. KG Mar 2012 #9

True...but if you want to argue for the project or even just pretend it isn't a big deal TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #13

And not just big carbon. raouldukelives Mar 2012 #23

Tar Sands, Oil Shale, Frakking: Why they say Peak Oil is a Myth.... NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #10

You, my friend, are informed Ezlivin Mar 2012 #21

They used to be such a NICE country! excuse not to write Mar 2012 #14

The right wing happened... JohnnyChill Mar 2012 #19

For God"s sake, fight back! Don't you have good people up there with a voice? juajen Mar 2012 #24

We have three more years of hell to go... JohnnyChill Mar 2012 #26

More than 2/3rds of Canadians are what laundry_queen Mar 2012 #34

You'll come back excuse not to write Mar 2012 #25

Actually we are apoplectic arikara Mar 2012 #31