Climate Activists Defend Property Rights...

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...by attacking a smokestack. I am curious what our libertarian friends who believe in manmade global warming think of this verdict. I am sure they will tell us.

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  1. TokyoTom2:43 PM

    Some of my thoughts are noted here, if the mountain doesn`t mind paying me a visit. Maybe I`ll even get a reaction!

    It`s off-thread, but in light of the front page news on our latest scandal regarding oil & gas on public lands, you might care to revisit my post about cranking up pressure on politicians to cut American citizens directly in on all of the fithly lucre If politians, bureaucrats and Alaskans get to play with the roylaties, why can`t we? If we did get a cut, you can bet there`ll be citizens, prosecutors and lawyers all paying closer attention to how public resources are managed. Nothing like semi-privatization to alter incentives.

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  2. Jim10:41 PM

    Bob, this may be the single silliest post you've ever written, and given that IIRC you're a creationist, that takes some doing.

    Why on earth do you imagine that I or people like me, who recognize the truth of AGW, are obligated to answer for either the action or the verdict? Because we aren't.

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  3. Bob Murphy10:55 PM

    Jim,

    Sorry I was just referring to Silas and Tokyo Tom. I actually believe in manmade global warming, I just don't believe most of the recent global warming is manmade.

    Also, I wouldn't call myself a creationist, except in a sense that is equivalent to a theist.

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  4. Wabulon3:21 PM

    God created global warming (unless you don't believe in global warming), so He wants the planet warmer, and we should all frgeddabahdit awready.

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  5. TokyoTom11:20 AM

    Hmmm. Apparently your curiosity was a rather idle one, Bob ....

    Wabulon, so having eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, we have not inherited any responsibility for understanding or considering the consequences of our own actions? Great!

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