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BigPapaSmurf
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 Posted - 12/21/2004 : 07:58:58 [Permalink]
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| I think the term is 'pink elephant in the room' unless of course it is a race issue, which has been known as 'the white elephant in the room' or I could be delusional. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 12/21/2004 : 08:10:43 [Permalink]
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No I was right, a White Elephant refers to something which costs more to maintain then its really worth, Example: The Hubble telescope is the biggest white elephant since the London bridge.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 12/21/2004 : 08:23:11 [Permalink]
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But those arn't greenhouse gases and this thread is about climate change...
Um, hand in hand, I'd think. Most of these pollutants are put forth by sorces that also produce a lot of CO/2. Clean up one and you cut back on the other.
I am reminded of Venus. The atmosphere there is so acidic that droplets of sulpheric acid are in suspension in it. There's global warming writ large.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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chaloobi
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Posted - 12/21/2004 : 09:25:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
No I was right, a White Elephant refers to something which costs more to maintain then its really worth, Example: The Hubble telescope is the biggest white elephant since the London bridge.
I meant the idea that there's an obvious issue on the table that everyone is, often uncomfortably, pretending isn't there. |
-Chaloobi
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chaloobi
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Posted - 12/21/2004 : 09:26:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
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But those arn't greenhouse gases and this thread is about climate change...
Um, hand in hand, I'd think. Most of these pollutants are put forth by sorces that also produce a lot of CO/2. Clean up one and you cut back on the other.
I am reminded of Venus. The atmosphere there is so acidic that droplets of sulpheric acid are in suspension in it. There's global warming writ large.
I don't disagree, but again, this isn't about lungs. It's about dikes and air conditioners. LOL. Hey, did you change your avatar? |
-Chaloobi
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