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- dminor 15y agoA hoax, but very well done.
- hugh3 15y agoDoes it count as "well done" if it's devoted to dishonestly spreading FUD, though? I assume that the point of the website is to imply that coal-burning power plants cause asthma. Is there any evidence for this whatsoever? Googling for coal and asthma, most of the hits I get seem to be related to this very hoax, and the fact that asthma rates have climbed significantly over the last century while coal-burning has got less prevalent, cleaner and much further outside major cities implies that it really ain't. How is this any better than a website devoted to, say, spreading the meme that free software causes communism?
- ngvrnd 15y agoAh, but you see, it doesn't matter if it's FUD, as long as it is in the service of unimpeachable ends. You wouldn't want to hurt a child, would you? I didn't think so.
- tzs 15y agoI'm confused. Peabody is a real company. That site is directly representing itself as being Peabody. How come Peabody hasn't squashed them? The First Amendment is powerful, but it has limits, and I think it is likely this crosses them.