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People!
Earthquakes? So far, this year, we've had an average number of 'em. And an average number of deaths, too.
Hurricanes? Well, we already knew we'd be in a high-activity cycle, because that's what all the data of the past 100 years or so shows. And right now we're midway through the high-activity cycle. Joy. We don't know if the problem has been exacerbated by global warming, but let's wait for the known high-activity period to start fading before we jump to conclusions, 'k?
Flu pandemics? Nope, those go in cycles too. Every 20 - 40 years, which matches with what I've read elsewhere In fact, we're about overdue for one, which is why people are freaking out over avian flu right now.
It's not just one person. It's everyone. And it's getting on my nerves.
Earthquakes? So far, this year, we've had an average number of 'em. And an average number of deaths, too.
Hurricanes? Well, we already knew we'd be in a high-activity cycle, because that's what all the data of the past 100 years or so shows. And right now we're midway through the high-activity cycle. Joy. We don't know if the problem has been exacerbated by global warming, but let's wait for the known high-activity period to start fading before we jump to conclusions, 'k?
Flu pandemics? Nope, those go in cycles too. Every 20 - 40 years, which matches with what I've read elsewhere In fact, we're about overdue for one, which is why people are freaking out over avian flu right now.
It's not just one person. It's everyone. And it's getting on my nerves.
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Date: 2005-10-11 01:15 am (UTC)2. the rest was questions...not outright statements.
Maybe. But the way you phrased your questions is reminiscent of a common rhetorical technique. When Caesar, after a great victory, asked "Was it the gods, or was it Caesar who did this?", the answer he was looking for was "It's Caesar, Caesar all the way!". When you phrase a question "Is this cycles or global warming? What about those earthquakes? Or the flu? The earth doesn't belong to us", that doesn't sound like 'looking for answers'. It sounds like "Gee, all this is unusual, I wonder if it's our fault, it seems like our fault".
Quite a few people on my friends list *did* say that, in those terms. And most of them do have the time to google.
I gotta leave this. I think by now I'm responding to stuff that wasn't said, but I can't prove it to myself.