Climate change causes 315,000 deaths a year.
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I note you still can't engage in conversation, where you answer the questions I ask you. Have you considered that some people just prefer Obama's policies, that they actually make sense to them ? Or just that moron like Bush would turn people completely against anyone who is in the same party ?
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williamnw wrote:
you can't stop them from licking there balls
Why would you want to?
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
Jealousy
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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Is it boredom that leads you to walk down a path fraught with frustration, yet leading to nowhere? :-D
Christian Graus wrote:
Do you believe that hinger exists in the world at all ? Do you accept the possibility that drought is something that can be measured, and that kills people. Global warming or not, there's a lot of drought about, and a lot of people dying.
I believe that drought can be measured and it does bring hunger and death. It has done so all throughout history. I also think that climate change can govern the frequency and severity of drought, history bears that out as well. I am just not convinced that climate change is anthropogenic in nature, at least not to the degree that the contribution could even be measured.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
Is it boredom that leads you to walk down a path fraught with frustration, yet leading to nowhere
No-one else was posting.
Gary Kirkham wrote:
I believe that drought can be measured and it does bring hunger and death. It has done so all throughout history. I also think that climate change can govern the frequency and severity of drought, history bears that out as well. I am just not convinced that climate change is anthropogenic in nature, at least not to the degree that the contribution could even be measured.
I tend to agree. That's not the point I was trying to make. The point was that regardless of the reasons, the earth IS getting warmer, there IS drought, and people are dying. CSS did not disappoint in showing he had no knowledge of this, at least not on any meaningful level. He'd already told me in another thread that I have zero empathy ( amongst other things ), so I set out mostly to explore his levels of empathy....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
Is it boredom that leads you to walk down a path fraught with frustration, yet leading to nowhere
No-one else was posting.
Gary Kirkham wrote:
I believe that drought can be measured and it does bring hunger and death. It has done so all throughout history. I also think that climate change can govern the frequency and severity of drought, history bears that out as well. I am just not convinced that climate change is anthropogenic in nature, at least not to the degree that the contribution could even be measured.
I tend to agree. That's not the point I was trying to make. The point was that regardless of the reasons, the earth IS getting warmer, there IS drought, and people are dying. CSS did not disappoint in showing he had no knowledge of this, at least not on any meaningful level. He'd already told me in another thread that I have zero empathy ( amongst other things ), so I set out mostly to explore his levels of empathy....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
He'd already told me in another thread that I have zero empathy
I believe I am a compassionate and sympathetic person, but I am not sure I have all that much empathy, specifically when narrowly defined in its subtle distinction from sympathy.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
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Christian Graus wrote:
He'd already told me in another thread that I have zero empathy
I believe I am a compassionate and sympathetic person, but I am not sure I have all that much empathy, specifically when narrowly defined in its subtle distinction from sympathy.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
I am not sure of the distinction you're making, but I do know that I've learned to try to understand how people feel based on their situation, rather than doing what CSS did above and saying 'well, if they are hungry, they must be too lazy to grow food', etc.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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I am not sure of the distinction you're making, but I do know that I've learned to try to understand how people feel based on their situation, rather than doing what CSS did above and saying 'well, if they are hungry, they must be too lazy to grow food', etc.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
I googled the wiki for sympathy and found this: Although empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably, a subtle variation in ordinary usage can be detected. To empathize is to respond to another's perceived emotional state by experiencing feelings of a similar sort. Sympathy not only includes empathizing (but not always), but also entails having a positive regard or a non-fleeting concern for the other person. I can express my understanding and concern for someone elses suffering (sympathy) without actually suffering with them (empathy). Maybe I am being pedantic...wouldn't be the first time. :)
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
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I googled the wiki for sympathy and found this: Although empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably, a subtle variation in ordinary usage can be detected. To empathize is to respond to another's perceived emotional state by experiencing feelings of a similar sort. Sympathy not only includes empathizing (but not always), but also entails having a positive regard or a non-fleeting concern for the other person. I can express my understanding and concern for someone elses suffering (sympathy) without actually suffering with them (empathy). Maybe I am being pedantic...wouldn't be the first time. :)
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
OK, I did a google define, and I got the definition I would use. Which is, to put oneself in someone elses shoes in order to understand their situation. But, perhaps your definition is more correct, I don't know.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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OK, I did a google define, and I got the definition I would use. Which is, to put oneself in someone elses shoes in order to understand their situation. But, perhaps your definition is more correct, I don't know.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
But, perhaps your definition is more correct, I don't know.
I don't know either...I think that common usage tends to morph the definition of words over time. Our conversation brought to mind a Star Trek episode. I don't know if you ever watched Star Trek TOS. One of the episodes was called The Empath[^]. There was a woman who healed people by transferring their pain and suffering onto herself.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
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Christian Graus wrote:
But, perhaps your definition is more correct, I don't know.
I don't know either...I think that common usage tends to morph the definition of words over time. Our conversation brought to mind a Star Trek episode. I don't know if you ever watched Star Trek TOS. One of the episodes was called The Empath[^]. There was a woman who healed people by transferring their pain and suffering onto herself.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read
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Chris, I read every word of this thread with joy! It was a lovely contest of reason vs retard. Unfortunatly you can sometimes teach an old dog new tricks but you can't stop them from licking there balls.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.