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	<title>Comments on: All aboard the good ship Copenhagen</title>
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		<title>By: Richard Treadgold</title>
		<link>http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/climate-change/all-aboard-the-good-ship-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-1626</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Treadgold</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TV3&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/n355s2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;report of your Sign On campaign&lt;/a&gt; quoted Bunny McDiarmid as saying, in reponse to Bryan Leyland: &lt;i&gt;“Greenpeace chooses not to debate people who don&#039;t accept the scientific reality of anthropogenic climate change.”&lt;/i&gt;

Greenpeace, though not debating people, might debate the science, no? What about simply answering questions?

Greenpeace might, for argument&#039;s sake, be asked: &quot;What is the evidence of anthropogenic climate change?&quot; Would it make an answer, or would it instead make an assumption about the questioner&#039;s beliefs, claim a debate has begun and ignore the question?

The questioner might instead state: &quot;I accept the reality of anthropogenic climate change. What evidence of it have you observed?&quot;

Would Greenpeace then venture an answer and, if so, what would it be?

You have taken a quite astounding stance. In a free society, Greenpeace is not required to justify its views — but nobody listens to those who remain silent.

How say you?

Cheers,
Richard Treadgold,
Convenor,
Climate Conversation Group.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TV3&#8217;s <a href="http://tinyurl.com/n355s2" rel="nofollow">report of your Sign On campaign</a> quoted Bunny McDiarmid as saying, in reponse to Bryan Leyland: <i>“Greenpeace chooses not to debate people who don&#8217;t accept the scientific reality of anthropogenic climate change.”</i></p>
<p>Greenpeace, though not debating people, might debate the science, no? What about simply answering questions?</p>
<p>Greenpeace might, for argument&#8217;s sake, be asked: &#8220;What is the evidence of anthropogenic climate change?&#8221; Would it make an answer, or would it instead make an assumption about the questioner&#8217;s beliefs, claim a debate has begun and ignore the question?</p>
<p>The questioner might instead state: &#8220;I accept the reality of anthropogenic climate change. What evidence of it have you observed?&#8221;</p>
<p>Would Greenpeace then venture an answer and, if so, what would it be?</p>
<p>You have taken a quite astounding stance. In a free society, Greenpeace is not required to justify its views — but nobody listens to those who remain silent.</p>
<p>How say you?</p>
<p>Cheers,<br />
Richard Treadgold,<br />
Convenor,<br />
Climate Conversation Group.</p>
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