Mother, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

And I thought I was a scrooge:

A Vancouver Island artist has put an effigy of a crucified Santa Claus on his front lawn...

Fear not, the "artist" had a reason for doing it:

"All I wanted to do was to promote a dialogue," Wright said.

Naturally the dialogue he wanted to start was one about global warming. People consume! consume! consume! you see, and the best way to get them talking about the affect that has is to traumatize their children during the holidays.

But okay, I'll bite. What would happen if Canadians ceased all consumption? If they closed all the factories, stopped driving their cars to the store, or anywhere for that matter, and turned off the furnaces. What would the affect on global warming be?

Absolutely nothing at all.

By the way, crucified Santa is not for sale.