Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Rick Savoia Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 18:04:33 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote in news:Xns96C3E197079D3r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: > Rick Savoia wrote in > news:Xns96C3AD30EBF93rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: > >> weirdwolf wrote in >> news:Xns96C3D535BC268r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: >> >>> Rick Savoia wrote in >>> news:Xns96C379D13C947rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>> news:Xns96C399A2B378Dr73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>> >>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96C36334BEEB8joiwhnanri@66.26.32.8: >>>>> >>>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96C32B9A985F9r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>>>> >>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>>> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:Xns96C2DACBD390Ejoiwhnanri@ 66.26.32.8: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It's time he was plastinated and put on a shelf. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Why? >>>>>>>>> I mean give us a clue, I don't even get Brit tv let alone >>>>>>>>> whatever passes >>>>>>>>> for entertainment over there. >>>>>>>>> Ted >>> If it's not though, I'm tempted to use one of my less civilized >> responses. To blame a natural disaster like a hurricane on global >> warming caused by Americans is just dumb. > > Of course I wasn't blaming the hurricane on global warming, but it > was a > simple statement that this will happen again if the sea levels raise. > Much of eastern England will suffer the same problems. The whole of > the south part of my city was a swamp until a hundred and fifty odd > years ago. > Same with Boston. >> Is there a global warming problem? Sure. But it's 'global'. >> Everyone one contributes. > > And the US is the largest contributor and the one that is most > reticent > to actually do something. > >> The implication that if we had adopted the Kyoto protocols that this >> would have been prevented is got to be the stupidest thing I've heard >> lately. >> > > You inferred incorrectly that this was what I was meaning. > Apologies. As I stated in another post, I'm a bit touchy on this after reading other newspaper reports inferring as much. >>> >> >>>> through in a couple of weeks wrecking everything again. >>>> >>>> Were there stupid people who stayed? Sure. They've faced enough >>>> storms to be jaded about the warnings. That's just plain stupid. >>>> It doesn't put them in another category other than 'tragic' though. >>>> >>> >>> Self inflicted wounds aren't tragic, tragic is the thousands of kids >>> dying each day without access to proper nutrition and medical care. >>> some guy trying to hold on to his stereo is just stupid. >> >> Agreed. That's stupid. However, how about the hundreds of people >> who just couldn't leave? Those that were sick, had sick relatives >> they couldn't move and those that were just too poor to be able to >> leave. I've heard a number of stories about people who didn't have >> cars or the money to put gas into the car to go anywhere. >> >> Are they self-inflicted? >> > > Do you not have emergency measures to actually get people out if they > require help? Yes. However, short of declaring martial law and activating the reserves, there's not enough resources to go around and move people to safe locations. -- "I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." - Calvin .