On Feb 6, 3:33*pm, phorbin wrote:
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On 2/5/2010 11:20 PM, phorbin wrote:
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If any greenie volunteers will shovel all the global warming I'm getting
this weekend they are welcome. *They won't get paid but I will not have
to pollute with my gas guzzling snow thrower

I really think you need to understand that emoticons don't change the
underlying tone of an insult and that the people you derogate are
probably a lot smarter than you think they are.

and you don't know me either

Cute response.

I don't have to know *you* to recognize that you are laying out bait. If
you think you aren't and you think you aren't being insulting I suggest
you step into others' shoes for a moment and read what you've written.

I answered the embedded issue for two reasons. It was bugging me and
because you seem smart enough to do something reasonable and
constructive with a lart.

Practically speaking, on USENET we are our words. There is no
personality that exists outside our words. --Our language and
presentation convey it all and there's a permanent record of that
portrayal. What we know of each other and what we get to know of each
other are the words.

Now let me ask you a question.

If you, through some global warming inspired program were offered the
opportunity to insulate your home better, buy an energy star fridge,
freezer and stove and set up your home to use less energy and save more
money, would you take it and would the reason for the program matter
much to you?

... I am, btw, a mostly coherent high wattage 510 nm green. It's a less
expensive way to live once you get onto it.

Of course I do these things. Saving the environment is coincidental,
saving money is paramount.
My preference is for the free market to drive this issue. We all want
a clean environment and conservation but a lot of us don't want it
shoved down our throats.