The end of the world is nigh!

conan · 31-10-2006, 07:30 PM

Fascinating link, JP.
I have been suspicious of the Man made GW lobby for some time - they have never explained how the Vikings were able to colonize Greenland and grow crops there without any help from chimneys belching out CO2.

mkpdavies · 01-11-2006, 07:08 AM

It was a pain in the **** scraping off all the global warming residue off my windows the a.m.

The roads were covered in it too!

I guess the gulf stream must have shifted, thanks to us!

SGK · 01-11-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

I was supposed to a Yorkshireman, but something went wrong.

Alright, I'm intruiged, what was it you were supposed to do to a Yorkshireman? And did he object, is that how it went wrong? (Only kidding!)

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

I just don't understand why people get upset by words, unless they are strung together to be personally abusive or patronising. Then I can understand it.

I understand (and agree with) your hatred of political correctness, although sometimes I think people swing too far the other way and justify saying anything because they're 'not PC', but otherwise my view on words is the opposite.
Words are all we have to make our point, convince people, communicate, they are what bind society and separate us from animals. When someone says something they have a choice of words and a choice of how to say it, that choice reflects not just what they mean but what they feel and even what sort of a person they are.
Words are more powerful than any other single thing. I fully understand why people get upset by words.

mkpdavies · 01-11-2006, 11:08 AM

There isn't a word in the dictionary that offends me.

Unless you string them together to explain the reason for saying it, then it has no effect on me what soever.

If somone just walked up to be and said ****, I would laugh in their face.

If they said Matt, you are a ****, because you don't support the EU. Then I might take some offence.

Britannist · 01-11-2006, 09:46 PM

Ruth Lea (the strongly eurosceptic head of the Centre for Policy Studies) has again expressed her views on 'climate change' in the Daily Telegraph (her second article on the subject in the Telegraph in the last week or so):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m...ixopinion.html

Millennium3 · 01-11-2006, 11:27 PM

Her wish for Britain to develop technology which makes us increasingly less dependent on importing fossil fuels is a very sound point, as it also obeys the reduction in CO2 model.

Although there may be gross transgressors, if the current consensus on cause is proven accurate, in last resort, trade sanctions would have to be taken against those who insist on continuing to transgress!

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mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,821	There isn't a word in the dictionary that offends me. Unless you string them together to explain the reason for saying it, then it has no effect on me what soever. If somone just walked up to be and said **, I would laugh in their face. If they said Matt, you are a **, because you don't support the EU. Then I might take some offence. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Stern report on climate change just an excuse to raise tax Ruth Lea (the strongly eurosceptic head of the Centre for Policy Studies) has again expressed her views on 'climate change' in the Daily Telegraph (her second article on the subject in the Telegraph in the last week or so): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m...ixopinion.html

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31-10-2006, 07:30 PM	#41 (permalink)
conan Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 36	Fascinating link, JP. I have been suspicious of the Man made GW lobby for some time - they have never explained how the Vikings were able to colonize Greenland and grow crops there without any help from chimneys belching out CO2.

01-11-2006, 11:27 PM	#46 (permalink)
Millennium3 Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Berkshire Posts: 4,506	Her wish for Britain to develop technology which makes us increasingly less dependent on importing fossil fuels is a very sound point, as it also obeys the reduction in CO2 model. Although there may be gross transgressors, if the current consensus on cause is proven accurate, in last resort, trade sanctions would have to be taken against those who insist on continuing to transgress!