# I'm sick of this Global Warming!

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**Created:** [August 16, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440 "2013-08-16T18:57:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/4097 "2015-04-03T10:31:54Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> (And, ironically, as the thread progressed, he demonstrated his own inability to reconcile his (expressed) beliefs with the facts:

Again, what are you talking about?

In that thread, somebody asked me to present two facts supporting “the AGW argument”, which was actually a sidetrack and off topic, but even so, I asked them to define what they meant by “the AGW argument”. They simply refused to answer.

In fact, they insisted I define it. My response is easy to comprehend.

> [@Facts won't change your mind about anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-wont-change-your-mind-about-anything/710293/75):
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> Patent nonsense. Another example of what one finds all the time, in which even the most basic things are somehow a matter of great contention. Or for some reason, obscured behind unclear language and frivolity. Or a subject of word games.
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> If the most dire predictions are correct, we are discussing the biggest real threat ever known for mankind. Or at the very least the biggest threat we can do something about (as opposed to comet impacts, super volcanoes, an ice age, or a bio-engineered smallpox/super infuenza hybrid)
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> OK that last one we can also do something about.
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> But the ever present baffling behavior? What do you mean by AGW? Anything other than a concise and understandable answer, (or at least a link to a source you got your idea from), is ridiculous behavior, considering you believe it’s a huge threat, and an important issue. Very important.
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> Who would pass up a chance to state the problem clearly?
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> It makes no sense.

See how easy it is to use a cite to explain your point? Why would anyone evade and avoid just saying what they are talking about?

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