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Everyone is welcome to join the discussions in the forum of openDemocracy's debate on the politics of climate change. Please be aware the following rules apply:
* Posters who do not use their real names in the forum of this debate on the politics of climate change may have their posts removed unless they can demonstrate to a member of the openDemocracy editorial team that revealing their name would endanger their livelihood or safety.
* Posts which do not use logic or truthful evidence will be exposed to rigorous deconstruction.
Thank you
Caspar Henderson
editor, climate debate
www.openDemocracy.net
Submitted on Tue, 2005-05-10 22:09
Re: Rules for this forum
These rules prove that this is not a democratic forum!
Since when did someone's name have an effect on the clarity of their argument?
Stating that posters who do not use logic will be exposed seems to imply that the whole debate has been closed. As far as I'm concerned, Global Warming being caused by human action is a false notion. My logic is based on the fact that it was warmer a thousand years ago than it is now and civilization was not the cause of it due to a lack of the industrial process which didn't appear until at least five hundred years later when the weather then cooled.
As my logic cannot be disputed due to archeological evidence, could I ask you to delete any posts which disagree with my viewpoint?
Yours mischievously
A Number - my real name
Re: Rules for this forum
Bravo!!
Trolling and flaming banished.
Also, revealing your public identity is inherent to democracy. Faceless anonymity of the 'masses' is more like Communism in my view.
This could topic could be subject to some kind of "Freeper" undermining from the thug wing of the right.
Thanks.
Re: Rules for this forum
caspar.henderson
Your post sounds rational.
Re: Rules for this forum
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Best,
Sarah
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