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LJ you have been reading too much "Spiked" nonsense and your intellect is being impaired.

Just because journalist Brendan O'Neill says a lot of things that you agree with politically doesn't mean that his opinions, and it is only his opinion, on Climate Science have any validity or even make any sense. Just because he thinks that doing something about Climate Change might hit the working class doesn't mean that the science is wrong and the problem shouldn't be addressed.


Okay Ken, regarding your second point.

So what if I read Spiked online? I read and re-post lots of articles from lots of sources whose political biases are wildly diverging. You should try it.

As for Brendan O'Neill, I happen to disagree with a great deal of what he writes, as it happens. In particular, his writings on the Palestinian/Israeli issue. Also, his extreme libertarianism is, arguably, his defining philosophical characteristic. Which is another significant point of divergence. This really is a most weak and intellectually vacuous line of attack Ken, I am bound to say.
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Potemkin Villager wrote:
Little John wrote:
...... I'm just going to have to be blunt about it. You don't know what you are talking about and I do. ......
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I am trying to detect irony or the teeniest smidgen of humour but not succeeding. It is very hard for mere mortals to argue with such obvious and of course self evidently true assertions.
No irony or humour I assure you. Just an objective statement regarding the particular point to which I was replying.
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I have deleted seven posts from two individuals who were having a private spat. Please could we take these type of personal posts to PMs or preferably not have them at all. They contributed nothing towards the argument above nor to any others on this forum.

I thank you for your future cooperation, gentlemen.
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According to various sources, ER have something major planned for May 23rd.
Anyone know what is planned ?
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adam2 wrote:According to various sources, ER have something major planned for May 23rd.
Anyone know what is planned ?

It could be the ordination (or canonization or whatever it’s called) of St. Greta


Is worldxr.org anything to do with XR? If so they ain’t very ecological, more artificial.
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A judge lets XR activists walk and in praising them says that they should succeed in their campaign.

A comment accusing them of being scruffs is obviously wrong then.

And woodburner you will have to look harder for your obfuscation above. Not very clever and not even funny!
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The next stage in the globalist flank of the establishment's beatification of Greta Thunberg.

I think, what with the Brexit fiasco and now this, it can be confidently asserted that the petite bourgeoisie really are the dumbest amongst us. This is especially hilarious given that the petite bourgeoisie have a pronounced tendency to view themselves as a cultural/intellectual "cut-above" the average unwashed prole.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12405 ... e-activist

When describing the underlying psychological drivers of the petite bourgeoisie, Malcolm X got it about right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7rsCAfQCo

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There is a TV programme tonight (16/02/2020) on channel 5 at 21-00 about ER.
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They have generated some favourable publicity for themselves ahead of the program.

https://youtu.be/HA7w9Bad3bA
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woodburner wrote:They have generated some favourable publicity for themselves ahead of the program.

https://youtu.be/HA7w9Bad3bA
How wonderfully....childish?
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Aye. Woodburner was being sarcastic. You may have got that. In which case, my apologies if so.
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Would have been more like it to steal a digger and dig up the pavement outside Shell HQ.
What they actually did was a bit silly and can't see how it would have gone down well with anyone.
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I agree, childish and relatively minor vandalism that seems unlikely to win them any support.
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More brainwashing brought to you by the BBC

https://twitter.com/bbcstudiospress/sta ... 15681?s=21
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