Here am I spreaking at the Oxford Union, in entertaining mode.
You can see the other speeches in the debate. The Motion “This house still dreams the American Dream” was defeated.
The following week the motion “This house believes that Israel is a force for good in the Middle East” was also defeated. I hear Peter Tatchell was excellent.
I don not think the format of such debates is antiquated and irrelevant. It helps get students thinking, and you get a range of opinion denied an airing elsewhere. I can never get to say those things on the mainstream media.
guano
5 Mar, 2013 – 1:07 am
“If an institution vomits snippets of truth out of the quicksand, it is breaking all of the rules of physics. The only thing you will find in the quicksand is a crafted lie that has been dipped into the quicksand of an institution to make it look as if it came out from the vortex by itself.”
What are you on Guano?
I thought Muslims didn’t do drugs.
Herbie
Thanks for the link. No TV at home so new to me.
It’s easy to take the mick out of DIY solar panelists and would-be jihadis. But if your green outfit ( of the hot water or Islamic kind ) costs #15K to install or co-operating with British army rooftop snipers funded by Saudi to start, I for 1 would rather stay away. The alternative may look half-baked and unprofessional, I agree.
OK. Lets do it the professional way. Call in snipers to Syria, reinforce Assad militarily and politically, block diplomacy, terrify the population away, ostracise all sympathisers by accusing them of being spies, import daily market place bombings of civilians, involve the Islamic scholars and the Cambridge dons in your war games.
I wouldn’t run a business that way. I need customers for my Islam, not egotists who want to keep up with the Joneses. Our battle for freedom was bloodier and scarier and more costly in human lives than your battle. And I also find it hugely distasteful to see the gilded robes of Saudi rulers cosily chatting with Zionist neo-cons about how to mangle my Muslim brothers and sisters. Give me 4 lions any day.
crab..The BBC decided that the ‘science was settled’ and that global warming was real rather than a scam after a secret meeting with 28 green activists. This only became apparent after some careful digging and lots of legal expenses by the tv taxpayer…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/climate28_named_wtf/
All BBC programmes promote the green agenda and anyone who disagrees is quickly dropped. Any green report on the BBC from the EU etc is repeated without an alternative view allowed…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19868580
This is despite the fact that there is no global warming ….
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/02/28/lawrence-solomon-not-easy-being-green/
Although any recent floods or droughts are still blamed on global warming 😉
Attenboroughs programmes are repeatedly debunked ( 3 degrees rise in temp in Africa in the last decade etc) or rejected by sane people ( dumping of his frozen planet episode rambling about global warming…. by overseas buyers).
The science is never settled. The East Anglia CRU / IPCC can try and corrupt the science and delete their fake data records and ‘hide the decline’ etc but they have been found out and should desist.
The scam needs to be stopped. Our pensioners and poor folk can’t afford higher energy bills to allow the scammers a luxury lifestyle.
crab…
This is the list of ‘experts’ that decided that the ‘science was settled ‘ on global warming and no skeptics should be allowed to be heard…..
BBC Television Centre, London
Specialists:
Robert May, Oxford University and Imperial College London
Mike Hulme, Director, Tyndall Centre, UEA
Blake Lee-Harwood, Head of Campaigns, Greenpeace
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Andrew Dlugolecki, Insurance industry consultant
Trevor Evans, US Embassy
Colin Challen MP, Chair, All Party Group on Climate Change
Anuradha Vittachi, Director, Oneworld.net
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, New Economics Foundation
Claire Foster, Church of England
Saleemul Huq, IIED
Poshendra Satyal Pravat, Open University
Li Moxuan, Climate campaigner, Greenpeace China
Tadesse Dadi, Tearfund Ethiopia
Iain Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP International
Ashok Sinha, Stop Climate Chaos
Andy Atkins, Advocacy Director, Tearfund
Matthew Farrow, CBI
Rafael Hidalgo, TV/multimedia producer
Cheryl Campbell, Executive Director, Television for the Environment
Kevin McCullough, Director, Npower Renewables
Richard D North, Institute of Economic Affairs
Steve Widdicombe, Plymouth Marine Labs
Joe Smith, The Open University
Mark Galloway, Director, IBT
Anita Neville, E3G
Eleni Andreadis, Harvard University
Jos Wheatley, Global Environment Assets Team, DFID
Tessa Tennant, Chair, AsRia
BBC attendees:
Jana Bennett, Director of Television
Sacha Baveystock, Executive Producer, Science
Helen Boaden, Director of News
Andrew Lane, Manager, Weather, TV News
Anne Gilchrist, Executive Editor Indies & Events, CBBC
Dominic Vallely, Executive Editor, Entertainment
Eleanor Moran, Development Executive, Drama Commissioning
Elizabeth McKay, Project Executive, Education
Emma Swain, Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual
Fergal Keane, (Chair), Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Fran Unsworth, Head of Newsgathering
George Entwistle, Head of TV Current Affairs
Glenwyn Benson, Controller, Factual TV
John Lynch, Creative Director, Specialist Factual
Jon Plowman, Head of Comedy………………………..!!!!
Jon Williams, TV Editor Newsgathering
Karen O’Connor, Editor, This World, Current Affairs
Catriona McKenzie, Tightrope Pictures [email protected]
BBC Television Centre, London (cont)
Liz Molyneux, Editorial Executive, Factual Commissioning
Matt Morris, Head of News, Radio Five Live
Neil Nightingale, Head of Natural History Unit
Paul Brannan, Deputy Head of News Interactive
Peter Horrocks, Head of Television News
Peter Rippon, Duty Editor, World at One/PM/The World this Weekend
Phil Harding, Director, English Networks & Nations
Steve Mitchell, Head Of Radio News
Sue Inglish, Head Of Political Programmes
Frances Weil, Editor of News Special Events
Still trying to get my head round this one…
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/507965-new-medal-drone-pilots.html
Or X-box Cross if you prefer.
So the BBC are not “pro green”. Few people really are because “green” is marginalised as a dumb hippy astral flying stupid windmill fantasy club by cleverer than thou types who will quote transient controversy over recent 20 years records to deny an understanding of global warming which depends on a century of research and centuries of detectable variation, an understanding which was calling for urgent action over 20 years ago.
That. Absolutely that.
We can cheer ourselves with the idea that as far as evidence-based alternative hypotheses go, the deniers are strangely reluctant to produce one, despite the best efforts of the oil companies (which can surely afford some reputable research, no?). Assertions are apparently enough. Make them loud and often enough and the bogey will go away.
But it’s nice of them to allow the sole scientifically-based hypothesis to be tested to the limits by continuing to promote fossil fuels – they, and their puppetmasters. I am confident the criterion of successful prediction will be met. I shan’t be around to see the full extent of the damage, but I hope they live in coastal cities, and will be…
@Bob 5:05pm The science is never settled. The East Anglia CRU / IPCC can try and corrupt the science and delete their fake data records and ‘hide the decline’ etc but they have been found out and should desist.
The scam needs to be stopped. Our pensioners and poor folk can’t afford higher energy bills to allow the scammers a luxury lifestyle.
As a pensioner I totaly agree also as a retired engineer who worked in High energy particle physics ,the so called climate scientist`s I find they are a joke there measuring methods I find pathetic if fact they are clueless.Patrick Moore who founded Greenpeace left in disgust as it had been taken over by dipsticks.With regards to energy saving light bulbs they are just another scam,and dangerous to your health.This information is kept quiet.Greenpeace commissioned engineers to research these lamps and their
conclusion was they are energy wasting.Greenpeace ignored the research paper they commissioned.I even sent them a copy of their own paper ,they wont even discuss it with me.Sadly they are not equipped.
Say it loudly and often, “Dave”. And keep watching the blogosphere for dissenters. Trouble is, Nature disagrees with you. If you worked at any level in particle physics, you’d probably know about apostrophes, too.
@komodo
Cutting out the ‘denier’shtick would help your argument. By that kind of argument, everyone else should be called global warming admitters.I think people are allowed to not agree with areas of scientific opinion and not be labelled ‘deniers’ by now.
Maybe you’re not aware of Agenda 21 and how man made climate change is mostly a cruel hoax which has conveniently led to global sustainable development – a lovely cuddly green excuse for tyranny and mass collectivism. That fairly nice house you’re probably living in – i’m afraid the state will need to take that from you – i’m sure you can understand – its for the good of the environment you see. Oh, and that CO2 you’re breathing out and which plants need to live – i’m afraid you’re going to have to stop that too, after we’ve taxed it of course
@ Komodo
Say it loudly and often, “Dave”. And keep watching the blogosphere for dissenters. Trouble is, Nature disagrees with you. If you worked at any level in particle physics, you’d probably know about apostrophes, too.
Is that the best you can do?Most people know that the climate changes, no one is denying that.The issue is what is driving it.I think we have to look to the
Sun.I suggest you look to Piers Corbyn on that subject.
Also what is your real name? Why do you have to hide behind a dragon ?