69% Say It?s Likely Scientists Have Falsified Global Warming Research

myp

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with the majority of all life becoming extinct by 2100 (that's just 89 years from now) if current extinction rates hold (they'll likely speed up).
Where are you getting that from? (including that current extinction rates will hold or likely speed up)

Either way, this is not the majority of all life. It is according to one expert (at least from what I read on the wiki), half of higher life forms by 2100. That is by far not the majority of life. Higher life forms constitute a very small proportion of life as is.
 
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Where are you getting that from? (including that current extinction rates will hold or likely speed up)

Either way, this is not the majority of all life. It is according to one expert (at least from what I read on the wiki), half of higher life forms by 2100. That is by far not the majority of life. Higher life forms constitute a very small proportion of life as is.

"We have driven the rate of biological extinction, the permanent loss of species, up several hundred times beyond its historical levels, and are threatened with the loss of a majority of all species by the end of the 21st century."

And the increasing speed of extinction should go without saying, our civilization is growing exponentially deplacing more life every year.
 

myp

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"We have driven the rate of biological extinction, the permanent loss of species, up several hundred times beyond its historical levels, and are threatened with the loss of a majority of all species by the end of the 21st century."
That's a poor choice of words by the writer. He most definitely does not mean the majority of species of all living things. Maybe of higher life forms, but even big changes to the world won't deter the most abundant and diverse lifeforms on Earth- microorganisms.

And the increasing speed of extinction should go without saying, our civilization is growing exponentially deplacing more life every year.
The impact of civilization can become arguable if the green movement keeps going. Either way, the majority of animals that most layman people know about will still exist at least in zoos (not that the loss of other lesser known animals is any less a tragedy).
 
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Question, how did a global warming thread end up a discussion about the Holocene Mass Extinction? :p
 
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Disunited Queendom
This poll makes me question whether the American public deserve democracy.
 
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This poll makes me question whether the American public deserve democracy.

And where are you from? Germany" That happy country that gave us two world wars and Adolf Hitler? The only reason you have a democracy is because we had to whip your butts and then install a democracy. How about you just say "Thank you" and be on your way.
 
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And where are you from? Germany" That happy country that gave us two world wars and Adolf Hitler? The only reason you have a democracy is because we had to whip your butts and then install a democracy. How about you just say "Thank you" and be on your way.

Yes, I'm a German Jew. You know, the ones who were oppressed the whole time? And I have Israeli citizenship, which has been democratic since, oh yeah, we created it that way. So I'll say thank you for procrastinating for years while my people were being murdered and thank you for restricting Jews from migrating to the United States. How about you apologise and stop with the wild national prejudice?

I see myp hasn't done such a good job teaching about ad hominem attacks.
 
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Yes, I'm a German Jew. You know, the ones who were oppressed the whole time? And I have Israeli citizenship, which has been democratic since, oh yeah, we created it that way. So I'll say thank you for procrastinating for years while my people were being murdered and thank you for restricting Jews from migrating to the United States. How about you apologise and stop with the wild national prejudice?

I see myp hasn't done such a good job teaching about ad hominem attacks.

He has, CC (and Patrick, I'm starting to think they're the same person) just likes to troll.
 
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He has, CC (and Patrick, I'm starting to think they're the same person) just likes to troll.

I was wondering at the concentration of profligates this place seems to have accrued.
 
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And where are you from? Germany" That happy country that gave us two world wars and Adolf Hitler? The only reason you have a democracy is because we had to whip your butts and then install a democracy. How about you just say "Thank you" and be on your way.

Oh, and I left out the part where we had to protect you for 50 years AFTER we installed your democracy. So make that TWO "Thank You's".

EDIT: I forgot about The Kaiser. Make that three.
 
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Oh, and I left out the part where we had to protect you for 50 years AFTER we installed your democracy. So make that TWO "Thank You's".

EDIT: I forgot about The Kaiser. Make that three.

Troll. Seriously, you really need to start posting stuff that actually makes sense.
 
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Troll. Seriously, you really need to start posting stuff that actually makes sense.

You mean stuff like, Americans don't deserve a democracy? You mean like that kind of "sensible" stuff that your stormtrooper friend said? (And I'll just ignore the fact that your friend doesn't realise that we are a Republic, not a democracy.)
 
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You mean stuff like, Americans don't deserve a democracy? You mean like that kind of "sensible" stuff that your stormtrooper friend said? (And I'll just ignore the fact that your friend doesn't realise that we are a Republic, not a democracy.)

I don't know in what world calling a Jew a stormtrooper is acceptable, except perhaps that of Mahmoud Ahmedinejhad.

I realise that perhaps my humour was a bit subtle and went right over your head, but I'd just like to point out that calling a Jewish Israeli a Nazi is basically antisemitism. Or it would be if you had brains enough to comprehend what you're doing. Your behaviour, as far as your national image goes, is not going very far in refuting the implications of my little joke.

By the way, while the United States are defined as a Republic, it officially uses a system of liberal democracy in order to govern. In reality, this is actually plutocracy, but that is irrelevant to the point - practice often deviates from theory.
 
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I don't know in what world calling a Jew a stormtrooper is acceptable............
There are plenty of Catholics who are idiots and planty of Jews who are idiots. What, are you immune or something? There are leftist extremists Jews who argue for Palestinian statehood, just like there are leftist extremist Americans who blame America for the world's ills.

If you sympathize with Islamo Fascists & their goals then you are no better than a Fascist yourself in my opinion. I call out dumb Catholics all the time, so I sure have no problem with calling out dumb Jews.
 
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There are plenty of Catholics who are idiots and planty of Jews who are idiots. What, are you immune or something? There are leftist extremists Jews who argue for Palestinian statehood, just like there are leftist extremist Americans who blame America for the world's ills.

If you sympathize with Islamo Fascists & their goals then you are no better than a Fascist yourself in my opinion. I call out dumb Catholics all the time, so I sure have no problem with calling out dumb Jews.

Yes, because wanting peace is so extreme.
 
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Israel is the devil now?
No. the Muslims are, and so are the idiots who apoligize for their terrorism.
Sound famiiar? It should, for you are an apologist of hate, a fool, and a dupe
Islam is the evil of our existance, an ideology of hate

I tell, you what: Go move to Iran: I hold my breath until you piss your pants if you do. Put your money where your stupid mouth is.
 

myp

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No. the Muslims are, and so are the idiots who apoligize for their terrorism.

The Muslims are not synonymous with terrorism in case you didn't know. Thank god most people don't agree with you and I am really grateful that the founding fathers didn't when writing the Bill of Rights.
 
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