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    Thread: News of the world
Post: RE: News of the world

(July 8, 2011 at 2:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: FOX will denounce it as evidence of British "SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" When they stop worrying about Casey Anthony, that is. Little do American reader...
martin02 Media 3 1633 July 9, 2011 at 9:22 am
    Thread: Climate sceptic Willie Soon received $1m from oil companies, papers show
Post: RE: Climate sceptic Willie Soon received $1m from ...

If I were to add in this thread that sceptic and Climate Sceptic were not interchangeable terms, would someone try to refute me by citing an example of a Climate Sceptic generally also regarded as a s...
martin02 Politics 5 2830 July 1, 2011 at 5:45 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

It's merely the identity of the people I' m discussing.
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

I'll go there through analogy. Jerry Falwell was fond of attributing AIDS to God, say this was in the nature of a belief that God directly caused AIDS rather than it being conveyed through a retrovir...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 28, 2011 at 2:38 pm
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

(June 28, 2011 at 4:21 am)theVOID Wrote: 1. That's a lazy generalisation, I could find you a lot of left-wing conspiracy theorists who are also climate sceptics. There are also some (but not as many...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 28, 2011 at 5:53 am
    Thread: The problem with muslims...
Post: RE: The problem with muslims...

I'm not happy with the level of rhetoric. If I was a declared Muslim on this forum I'm not sure I'd want to participate in this thread either.
martin02 Islam 94 29502 June 28, 2011 at 1:59 am
    Thread: Question about Reagan
Post: RE: Question about Reagan

While it's not entirely true, I say this about Reagan and Carter, 'cos it's close enough. Carter understood everything ... except leadership. Reagan understood nothing ... except leadership.
martin02 Politics 9 1849 June 28, 2011 at 1:56 am
    Thread: The problem with muslims...
Post: RE: The problem with muslims...

Apostasy. The official Malaysian response on what was wrong with the "teapot cult"; "they were born Muslim". Theoretical civil religious freedom superseded by Sharia law, which then has the civil aut...
martin02 Islam 94 29502 June 26, 2011 at 4:23 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

(June 24, 2011 at 9:39 pm)theVOID Wrote: That was exactly my point... If those of us active in the sceptics movement or those with a scientific scepticism viewpoint are annoyed at some religious buf...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 25, 2011 at 10:58 am
    Thread: Why is there only one human species? | BBC
Post: RE: Why is there only one human species? | BBC

(June 24, 2011 at 6:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Assuming that they were actually different species. Right now, that's a big if. And assuming there are not. I published a short story on the grotesques ...
martin02 Life Sciences 18 5590 June 25, 2011 at 6:33 am
    Thread: Religion and puppets
Post: RE: Religion and puppets

Thanks, very amusing. Seems ripe for parody.
martin02 The Arts 4 1310 June 24, 2011 at 1:47 pm
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

(June 24, 2011 at 7:54 am)Ziggystardust Wrote: When the term climate change skeptic is used it denotes one who has doubts about human caused climate change. That's cool, it's merely annoying when us...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 24, 2011 at 8:09 am
    Thread: Witch drags Cop
Post: RE: Witch drags Cop

I severely doubt there is anything positive for other spiritualists here -- perhaps if she'd mysteriously vanished before trial, or the cop came down with a case of boils, or even done anything except...
martin02 Off Topic 5 1317 June 24, 2011 at 6:33 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

(June 24, 2011 at 5:36 am)theVOID Wrote: Words mean what you chose them to mean? Well that's rather telling isn't it...Other than it being a quote (of Humpty) it's prefaced with the word "not". Mean...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 24, 2011 at 6:01 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

And I prefer to think of them as the bad guys in the animated credits of the '60s Batman tv show, except instead of having sound effects such as "BAM", "POW" and "KABLAM" drawn in as the mighty fists ...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 24, 2011 at 5:33 am
    Thread: Why is there only one human species? | BBC
Post: RE: Why is there only one human species? | BBC

While there is much paleontologists assert which seems to be drawn from the ether, brain size and function ain't it. It may be that Erectus used it's ample behind to think with, but it'll take more t...
martin02 Life Sciences 18 5590 June 24, 2011 at 5:05 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: RE: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

(June 23, 2011 at 8:50 pm)theVOID Wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise Sceptic meant "Agrees with loosely affiliated group of people x". Not to be Humpty Dumpty said about this (words mean what I ...
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 24, 2011 at 5:03 am
    Thread: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics
Post: Sceptics and Climate Sceptics

Dear media, Please stop referring to climate sceptics as "sceptics". The terms are not interchangeable. Yours sincerely, Annoyed.
martin02 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 18 5694 June 23, 2011 at 6:05 am
    Thread: Witch drags Cop
Post: Witch drags Cop

I like how she's offered him "spiritual healing" (he declined). The pictures say it all. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/...ion=justin
martin02 Off Topic 5 1317 June 23, 2011 at 6:03 am
    Thread: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: The Death Penalty - are you for or against it ...

(June 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: You have a very weird way of saying that. Rephrase. Since when have I cared about a career? I am a pragmatic opportunist that hates hassles ...
martin02 Politics 448 221761 June 21, 2011 at 1:27 pm