I'm skimming and can't spend the time at present to address 
some of Bob's undoubtedly important points. (A large Gaggle 
of BOGO lights call ...).
But I'll just comment on one point where Bob's comment was 
essentially correct but also inadvertently possibly 
accidentally misleading .

> We don't need a category for global
> warming. There are already entire sites for those 
> discussions, here's
> one that Russell already contributes to:
> http://hot-topic.co.nz/2008/04/22/the-sincerest-form-of-flat-earthery/

'Has contributed to".
I do not as an almost 100% rule spend time posting on other 
lists blogs or whatever.
I do not roam the internet world proclaiming on Global 
Warming, or anything else. I DO do lot's of reading, and 
report back the distilled essence, where it seems 
appropriate,  to my family on the PICList. I have one other 
list where I am active - ARocket.

Contributing to the thread that Bob refers to was a most 
unusual exception to my practices. There was one really 
bolshy character making unsupported and unsupportable 
statements about AGW AND referring to a website of 
scientific papers and a blog which he appeared to be the 
sole author of. I cam apon the thread due to an AGWite 
slanging a NZ commentator. The merits of the detractor may 
be adduced from the fact that he said that he had been 
thinking of rebutting Freeman Dydon's recent comments but 
considered that that would be "like shooting fish in a 
barrel", so he had decided not to. Anyone with that much 
ability compared to Freeman Dyson would indeed be an awesome 
intellect to tangle with. So, I joined the fray for a wee 
while, but after he got stuck in an ad hominem and similar 
loop for a while I didn't persist,

But, it's nice to see that Bob's keeping track of my 
internet activities :-)

___________________________

And, oh OK, I'll be drawn on one other point for now.

> I'm volunteering to help take the piclist back
> in time ten years.

Indeed.



            Russell


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