I just wrote the second part of What happens on the internet does not stay on the internet and will put that up in a moment.
I was reminded of it tonight after I just had to leave a comment on a post on Treehugger . It’s an environment blog but far less hippie-granola than the name suggests. Commercialized (owned (?) by the Discovery Channel), but they have a team of expert writers on different topics and they’re very good at giving insightful and critical commentary as well as practical tips on urban planning, consumer goods, recycling, alternative energy, waste management, greenwashing and a range of other things.

But today they posted a series of Greenpeace posters about genetic engineering that just don’t make sense at all, and they did not point out that the posters are ridiculous.

The good news is: if you look at the comments they’re full of people who understand what Greenpeace (and Treehugger, unfortunately) did NOT. I still decided to leave my comment as well, just to add to the voices, but I’m glad that the average Treehugger reader is smart enough to recognize crazy genetic fear mongering. The first comment already drives home the point, and everyone else just elaborates.

Of course, this incident reminded me of my SciBarCamp session and prompted me to work on the second part of my write-up for that.

It also reminded me of this xkcd comic :