From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 13:25:27 MDT
Charlie Stross wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 02:02:27AM +1000, Miriam English wrote:
> >
> > Mind you they still don't seem to see global warming. [shakes head]
>
> I live in a country where nine of the ten hottest summers on record
> have occured in the past decade. _Not_ believing in global warming
> hereabouts puts you in the same company as the flat earthers and tin
> foil hat brigade.
As if nine years constitutes a geological or climatological era. I
recall that many British are still quite convinced of the existence of
fairies as well, and still believe in the innocence of Kim Philby, Klaus
Fuchs, and the Rosenbergs, and still think that Joe Stalin was a decent
chap.
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