Matt Barrow wrote:
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Sylvain wrote:
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He referred to both Iceland and Greenland and then you felt compelled
to inform me that Iceland is not Greenland, something that I knew
already, as I live right here in Iceland.
No, I do not know what you are missing.
please don't get all worked up over this: this newsgroup is
populated by a majority of americans (or folks like me having
moved there); the fact that some folks even *know* that your
island exist -- even if they might confuse it with some other
parts and get a few facts wrong like location, population,
history, etc -- is already something you'd be really happy
about, a good base for further discussion (I suspect pilots
have heard about Iceland as a convenient place to refuel on
the way across the Atlantic on the northern route :-) -- don't
get me started on the subject, I don't remember how many times
I have had to explain that I don't come from Swaziland (and how
many times my snail mail transits through this probably
really fine but completely out of the way country) :-)
Thank you, and I did not get at all worked up over this, the ignorance
of some people just never fails to amaze me.
And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly
when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions.
As for the inability to follow a thread, I was answering this post:
"Fela tilvitnun -
- Sına tilvitnun -
Newps wrote:
wrote:
That the world is warming is not in question, the numbers are obvious.
What is causing it to warm is still in debate (especially by the Bush
White House), but a great number of scientists feel that man and the
greenhouse gasses he produces is likely the root cause.
Which shows the arrogance of man. I just finsihed reading a book about
the Viking explorers. They settled Iceland and Greenland around the
years 750-1050 AD. The "scientists" say that they were able to stay
there at all is because about the time they got there corresponded to a
global warming cycle that made the glaciers recede, the winters easier
and the summers warmer and longer. About the time they left corresponds
to the "Little Ice Age". "
To which I replied:
Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in
Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven´t left
at all.
You answeared this with:
"Iceland is not Greenland. Iceland is warmed by ocean currents and has
been
inhabited for centuries, unlike Greenland which is pretty much
un-inhabitable ANYMORE except on very limited scale
(non-self-supporting)."
I also find it interesting, when someone questions another posters claim,or
asks for clarification, some become hostile or pompous.
Yes, so do I.