An interesting parallel with another time (back when thought-crime was even more rampant)
Way back in the '20s and '30s a very trendy pseudo-scientific belief known as "eugenics" was being peddled as the answer to many of mankind's problems. Some political leaders used it to justify mass genocides before and during WWII.
Read the foreword in Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" for a good recap of that low period in human history.
Since world over-population must clearly be the un-stated source (or at least a cause) of all things globally warming, perhaps educated types are now a little concerned as to where and how far the debate is going. Perhaps some are even expressing unhealthy skepticism towards the holy tenets of climate science. Something clearly something needs to be done or others will begin expressing skepticism too.
How about re-education camps to ensure that everyone gets with the program?
But first we will need to find a way to fliter out the clever ones, the independent thinkers, you know the type.... we can start by analyzing their internet browsing habits and forum memberships.
(Feel free to contribute to this non-exhaustive list)
Today, we can't:
1) Board airplanes without being physically molested,
2) Make jokes (electronically or otherwise) about bombs in or near airports
3) Earn a decent living or have a lifetime career.
4) Vote for intelligent public leaders...
5) Enjoy some degree of privacy while shopping on-line
6) Download free music, search for "naughty" sites, etc...
So what's next?
Do I just give up my second car (oops... did that already) or will you need my first-born child also?
And if the list of lost rights becomes any longer, can we petition for their return, or will it already be too late?
Freaky huh?
Brrrrr....... gotta go AC on this one, for obvious reasons