12-21-2009, 10:08 PM | #1 |
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Just checking, Allowed again?
Around two or three moths ago there was a climate change/"global Warming" thread the got heated General Chatter. It was locked and a moderator seemed to emphatically imply or say that it would be a very bad idea to start that topic up again.
Then I see these two threads in General Chatter: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=65354 and....: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=65347 The past two months I've tried to be good and not start the topic, even tho there has been amusing, dramatic, and ironic stuff in the news related to climate change /global warning. So was the admonishment from a few months ago directed just against myself and one or two others? Or is it okay to talk about that topic again? - Ed Charlton
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12-22-2009, 06:48 AM | #2 | |
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12-22-2009, 05:02 PM | #3 |
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Things have come to a pretty pass when you can't even talk about the weather without it provoking an acrimonious political argument. Those idiots who cannot or will not refrain from posting gibes about global climate change or climate change denial whenever the weather is mentioned threaten to make civil discourse impossible.
They've been warned, as Qoltar notes.
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12-22-2009, 07:02 PM | #4 |
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Its not you, Žorkell, when I first started this thread - there were 3 or 4 posters in your thread headed that way - they have since edited their own posts.
- Ed
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12-30-2009, 08:16 AM | #5 | |
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It WAS a discussion about just day-to-day weather, until two posters used it as a soapbox to rail against the scientific community. And once Brett stepped in, even the responses to the two posters stopped. So the blame for the short-lived not-so-great global climate change debate of December 2009 lies not with me. :-P :-P :-P (If the ribbing isn't obvious, I can add more emoticons...? :-) |
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12-30-2009, 06:30 PM | #6 |
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Sorry about that. Next time I shall simply report the trolls and pray for lengthy bans.
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12-30-2009, 07:29 PM | #7 | |
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If not for Qoltar, I wouldn't have known that talking about Global Climate Change wasn't kosher. Even when said without acrimony, even when just talking rationally. It could have been me that got banned! (Though I'd think not too likely. I wasn't trying to flame back, if I recall... :-) |
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12-30-2009, 09:15 PM | #8 |
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Do not be dismayed. The mods seldom heed my prayers.
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12-30-2009, 10:07 PM | #9 |
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You can pray to Mods?
Of course I know about the Kromm cult and all that - but praying to Mods?? Hhhmmm... Seriously, I just sometimes have an almost photographic memory that kicks in when the caffeine products hit my brain just right. Plus one of those "climate change" threads that got licked 2 or 3 months back was one I started, so I remembered the moderator comment. - Ed
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12-30-2009, 10:45 PM | #10 | |
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Sure. You can pray to anyone. "Pray" really only means "beg".
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People ask me "Brett, why is it that your little area of Australia has had six brilliant years in a row, while the continent in general has had nine years of drought? Seriously, we've seen satellite photos: the north coast of NSW is emerald green and the rest of the country is dun or red." And I answer "I know a guy in Canada." If I prayed to Kromm for bannings that would be at an end.
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