tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post2522965138618924625..comments2023-10-17T17:35:50.550-07:00Comments on LA Cowboy: Los Angeles Times Finally Discovers Mike Davis And His 'Facts' Are Frauds! (except they only got the second part right!)Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-61967773149017942112008-12-19T04:30:00.000-08:002008-12-19T04:30:00.000-08:00Uh, the fact they did NOT mention MIke Davis was m...Uh, the fact they did NOT mention MIke Davis was my entire point. The article proved that MIke Davis' central thesis - that LA had the most unsafe natural environment in the country turns out to be 100% incorrect - but that the LA Times, which had extensively that debate between us, totally missed that connection. <BR/><BR/>As for your remembering that the book was really about the fear of the apocalypse, that is the opposite of what he was saying. His point was that no one but him realized how unsafe Los Angeles though he did, as usual, a few times contradict himself with all of his made up facts.<BR/><BR/>My favorite section is when he quoted an article he had supposedly written - but which was likely written by a student - as a source for a chapter - and then Davis said the exact opposite in the book from what he had said in the article.Brady Westwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-29549507283759180752008-12-19T04:14:00.000-08:002008-12-19T04:14:00.000-08:00Now, the LA Times article you post makes no mentio...Now, the LA Times article you post makes no mention of Mr Davis or his book. So what you are claiming isn't quite accurate. It is a long time since i read Ecology of Fear, but i always remember that the book was more about the fear of apocalypse than the actual apocalypse anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com