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Thread #75292   Message #1535033
Posted By: Amos
04-Aug-05 - 02:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Politics and Global Warming
Subject: RE: BS: US Politics and Global Warming
Facts is facts, Doug. Viewpoints enter in when interpretation is added, but that is not what I am talking about.

The melting of permafrost is a fact, as far as I know. The enormous calving of icebergs is a fact. I assume the reports of rising water-levels and weaker ice seasons is also factual. I have to take it on authority that these are historically unusual as I haven't been measuring myself.

But these facts, and this history, are being reported by people who are professionals at gathering physical universe information in a rigorous way.

By imputing that it is all opinion, you again duck into the obscurity of non-substance and avoid the question.

Which facts do you wish to rebut? Or haven't you gotten around to reading the source material being cited?

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