On Aug 6, 12:49 pm, Jerry Kraus
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>> On Aug 6, 8:46 am, Jerry Kraus
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>>> On Aug 6, 10:37 am, Siobhan Medeiros wrote:
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>>>> On Aug 6, 7:25 am, Jerry Kraus
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>>>>> On Aug 5, 11:53 pm, Siobhan Medeiros wrote:
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>>>>>> On Aug 5, 5:09 pm, Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>>> On Aug 5, 6:53 pm, Siobhan Medeiros wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On Aug 5, 7:33 am, Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>>>>> On Aug 5, 1:07 am, Siobhan Medeiros wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2:15 pm, Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 3:55 pm, Siobhan Medeiros wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 7:44 am, Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was reading the Nebula Awards stories for 2008 recently and was
>>>>>>>>>>>>> struck by two of them: "Echo", apparently about Global Warming; and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The Woman in Schrodinger's Equations." They seem to be related,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> somehow. The first presents a woman living in the Canadian arctic in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the near future watching the earth grow much warmer, and all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> civilization disappearing from the rest of the planet. No explanation
>>>>>>>>>>>>> given. We're just expected to "know", that this is the inevitable
>>>>>>>>>>>>> result of Global Warming. Canadian wishful thinking, perhaps. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>> second describes the amorous adventures of a Ph.D. student in Physics,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and how there is very little difference between art, love, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mathematical physics. Presumably, then, there is very little
>>>>>>>>>>>>> difference between science fiction, and the mathematical physics
>>>>>>>>>>>>> underlying Global Warming. Get the picture?
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>>>>>>>>>>>> LOL, that's your argument against global warming? That science
>>>>>>>>>>>> fiction writers are writing about it? Damn, you're pathetic.
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>>>>>>>>>>> Slob! I heard you'd been travelling Greyhound Canada lately. Is that
>>>>>>>>>>> true?
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>>>>>>>>>> About as true as the rumour that you've stopped whining about getting
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>>>>>>>>> Slob! But, clearly, beheadings on Canadian buses are central to the
>>>>>>>>> entire concept of Global Warming. After all, what other explanation
>>>>>>>>> could there possibly be? Canadians are such "nice" people. They
>>>>>>>>> would never lie, attack, and socially isolate people so as to drive
>>>>>>>>> them completely insane, would they? So, obviously, when someone
>>>>>>>>> beheads a total stranger for no reason on a Canadian Greyhound bus,
>>>>>>>>> why the "Global Warming Defence" is the one that comes to mind.
>>>>>>>>> Clearly, he'd never been exposed to hot weather before, and he was
>>>>>>>>> just trying to bathe in his seatmate's blood, in order to cool down.
>>>>>>>>> Indeed, he even offered this opportunity to his fellow passengers. He
>>>>>>>>> was, obviously, concerned about their welfare, in that wonderful
>>>>>>>>> Canadian way, and wanted to give them the opportunity to cool down in
>>>>>>>>> human blood as well. Indeed, I'm sure dozens of Canadian scientific
>>>>>>>>> expert witnesses could be called to testify on the traumatic effects
>>>>>>>>> of Global Warming on the Canadian psyche. All based on the soundest
>>>>>>>>> application of the current scientific method.
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>>>>>>>> So, you're practically jumping for joy over this poor sap's murder.
>>>>>>>> Have you no shame?
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>>>>>>>> I hate to burst your bubble, but how many Yanks got wasted in the same
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>>>>>>> The critical point here, Slob, is that this guy was driven crackers by
>>>>>>> your useless society. He didn't commit a crime.
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>>>>>> Killing and beheading someone isn't a crime? Retard.
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>>>>>>>He was totally
>>>>>>> crackers to an extent NO ONE in any other country is. And people in
>>>>>>> other countries know this. That's why it attracted so much
>>>>>>> attention. In the U.S., people just shoot each other.
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>>>>>> Oh yeah, that's sooooo much more civilized.
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>>>>>>>For a reason.
>>>>>>> They don't behead total strangers in public places while people
>>>>>>> passively look on. That's a Canadian specialty.
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>>>>>> The passengers surrounded the bus and prevented the murderer from
>>>>>> escaping. I know you're disappointed they didn't risk their lives to
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>>>>> Uh...Slob...did you ever notice those "emergency exit" windows on
>>>>> Greyhound Buses?
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>>>> Yes, the passengers had used many of them to get out themselves.
>>>> Which is why the passengers surrounded the bus, not just the door,
>>>> idiot.
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>>>>> You know, you just push them out.
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>>>> While a crowd of people are waiting to grab you the second you try to
>>>> squeeze through. Good thinking, moron! No wonder they flunked you.
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>>>>>This guy had a
>>>>> hunting knife he just cut someone to pieces with. You don't think he
>>>>> could have pushed a window out, if he wanted to? You think he was
>>>>> trying to "escape" from his "crime", and was heroically prevented by
>>>>> the courageous Canadian crowd?\
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>>>> Yes. Which is exactly what happened.
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>>>>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!
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>>>> That sound you hear are the people laughing at your own stupidity.
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>>>>> No wonder you believe in global warming. You also believe in the
>>>>> tooth fairy!
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>>>> Awwwww, Jewwy's so peeved because they wouldn't look at his magical
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>>> Do go on showing the world the fantasy life of the Canuck, Slob.
>>> We're all fascinated. A bunch of Canadians cower in terror while a
>>> lunatic who their society has driven insane
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>> Right, our society is what drove him insane. What's your excuse,
>> looney tune?
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>>> beheads and dismembers the
>>> little guy beside him,
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>> Who was dead before he hit the floor. Doesn't make much sense to
>> attack a maniac to save a corpse.
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>>>who he didn't know and didn't even speak to.
>>> Then, they run in terror out of the bus.
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>> Which according to the RCMP, was exactly the right thing to do.
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>>>He hangs around because he
>>> doesn't really give a damn.
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>> Yeah? Where's he going to go?
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>>> And you think that they're a bunch of
>>> heroes!
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>>> Fascinating.
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>>> As I say, it's no wonder Canadians believe in Global Warming. The
>>> nuttier the idea, the better they relate to it.
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>> Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
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>> Tell me, retard, what drove YOU insane?
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>> Oh, that's right, it was getting booted out of university for being
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That supposed to be funny, retard?
