On Mar 1, 3:51 pm, " wrote:
On Mar 1, 1:27 pm, "rb608" wrote:

On Mar 1, 1:02 pm, wrote:

So let me get this straight: as long as you got the means, you can
simply _buy_ your way out of modifying your lifestyle for The
Cause?

Point 2 - Al Gore has, in fact, set an example as to how one may
substantially alter one's lifestyle to reduce their impact on the
global environment; and he has done it with more than his wallet. He
has also, to his great credit, put his money where his mouth is.

The point appears to be that if you have enough money you can
purchase your morality without having to alter your energy usage.

So preaching that we can all be "carbon neutral" because you have the
bucks to buy your innocence does seem to be hypocritical.

FWIW, I have no real feelings pro/con about Gore...the hypocrisy
is funny nonetheless.

Yeah, hypocrisy IS funny.

You know, I cannot find it in my heart to fault Joe for treating you
and kennie and jonnie and dicklet and stevie and......like adults.
Hell, it's hardly a secret that I derived some amusement from doing so
myself for a couple of years......remember? But, of course, I could
not continue to do so in good conscience because it was obvious that
none of you gained any real benefit from it and it bacame (and
continues to become) increasingly undeniable that as consumers all of
you are a profound embarrassment to American higher education.....and
even secondary education. Worse, several of you are an even greater
embarrassment as putative purveyors of education.

Here's what I should do:

Find out where you boys play on your off time and spend a few evenings
sitting in a dark booth at the end of the bar and listen to you and
your nitwit peers tell each other how hip and cool and smart and nice
you are. Wanna see beer squirt out of my nose?

Here's what you (plural) should do:

For good or ill, English is the lingua franca of ROFF. You should
learn to read and write in English. Then you should learn something
about the subject matter in the particular threads in which you choose
to demonstrate yet again what we all already know about you.

None of this will make any difference whatsoever.

Wolfgang
that's right, the fun never stops!