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Aardvark · 26-04-2008, 01:39 PM

You called me a pathetic moderator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When it's light hearted banter it is indeed light hearted banter.

Matt, you only don't see it as light hearted banter because, reversing your argument, you disagree with Clippo. If Clippo was to respond with the wittiest put down conceivable you'd still view it as an insult because you don't want to be friends.

Obviously Clippo will never attain my level of wit and repartee, but surely he's allowed to try without being reported to the mods.

I don't actually know who I agree with on MMGW because I don't have time to read all of the posts and, for some reason, the hard evidence is largely only coming from one direction. Matt, you might well be right that MMGW is a fraud perpetuated by people with a vested interest, but I don't believe the 'research' papers funded by the oil companies that show them to be non-polluting paragons of virtue. I suspect none of us will ever be able to understand the whole picture and I think the world's population growth will do more harm to the environment in other ways such that MMGW, if true, will end up in second place in the order of environmenttal debates. I'm staying neutral in the MMGW debate, but with a healthy dose of scepticism towards both sides.

My view is that, if MMGW is the threat the government believes it to be they would set an example that we can all follow. International meetings would be done by Internet conferences, private flights to far off shopping destinations and nice restaurants would become a thing of the past and we would stop importing food by air. When Blair said he wouldn't forego his foreign holidays and speechmaking jollies (several a year) I knew that he had never believed a single word he had spoken on saving the planet and therefore there was no reason for me to forego the luxuries that Cherie Blair enjoys.

26-04-2008, 01:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,249	You called me a pathetic moderator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When it's light hearted banter it is indeed light hearted banter. Matt, you only don't see it as light hearted banter because, reversing your argument, you disagree with Clippo. If Clippo was to respond with the wittiest put down conceivable you'd still view it as an insult because you don't want to be friends. Obviously Clippo will never attain my level of wit and repartee, but surely he's allowed to try without being reported to the mods. I don't actually know who I agree with on MMGW because I don't have time to read all of the posts and, for some reason, the hard evidence is largely only coming from one direction. Matt, you might well be right that MMGW is a fraud perpetuated by people with a vested interest, but I don't believe the 'research' papers funded by the oil companies that show them to be non-polluting paragons of virtue. I suspect none of us will ever be able to understand the whole picture and I think the world's population growth will do more harm to the environment in other ways such that MMGW, if true, will end up in second place in the order of environmenttal debates. I'm staying neutral in the MMGW debate, but with a healthy dose of scepticism towards both sides. My view is that, if MMGW is the threat the government believes it to be they would set an example that we can all follow. International meetings would be done by Internet conferences, private flights to far off shopping destinations and nice restaurants would become a thing of the past and we would stop importing food by air. When Blair said he wouldn't forego his foreign holidays and speechmaking jollies (several a year) I knew that he had never believed a single word he had spoken on saving the planet and therefore there was no reason for me to forego the luxuries that Cherie Blair enjoys. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008