# Is this an insult? (in Great Debates)

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**Created:** [January 23, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-insult-in-great-debates/710686 "2015-01-23T16:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-insult-in-great-debates/710686/28 "2015-01-24T00:08:38Z")

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As I mentioned in GD, I apologize for that post. I was not thinking that it was a lie. In this case I was referring to a mistake from **Sam Stone** when he told **wolfpup** that:

> [@Facts won't change your mind about anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-wont-change-your-mind-about-anything/710293/63):
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> For that matter, since every major oil company I can think of is engaged in alternate energy research, your claim that they assume that fossil fuels will truck on forever is clearly false.

Not really a nice thing to say, in any case I cited in post 72 why Sam was wrong.

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