Thursday, August 07, 2014

Gordon Fulks, Harassing Yet Again

Also lying -- his response was moderated, not blocked, and appears here. (He does, after all, have a history of being "uncivil.") Seems he didn't like this. And this. Which I didn't at all mean to be sarcastic.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Appell
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 20:15:51 +0000
From: Gordon Fulks <gordonfulks@hotmail.com>
To: Cfwiese@cs.com <cfwiese@cs.com>, stevescare@aol.com <stevescare@aol.com>, Jim Karlock <jkarlock@gmail.com>
CC: global-warming-realists@googlegroups.com <global-warming-realists@googlegroups.com>, Jim Diamond, Thomas Hellie


Hello Everyone,

David Appell replied with his characteristic sarcasm and then blocked this response from me on his blog:

http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-harassment-from-deniers-in-oregon.html

Hi David,

It is amazing to see all of the excuses you can dredge up for NOT discussing the science.  But the "you offended us" excuse is probably the most absurd.

Please tell us how the well-known professor of physics at Princeton University (Will Happer) offended you or Jim Diamond or Thomas Hellie?

He was NOT invited to speak as a counterpoint to Michael Mann, yet has far better academic qualifications.  Were these what caused offense?  Does it anger you and Linfield College that a member of the US National Academy of Sciences is willing to speak out against climate hysteria?  Or was it the fact that he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society?  Or was it the fact that he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science?

Skeptics are forever bombarded with sarcasm and personal attacks to try to get them to cower.  Yet we keep coming back pointing out that science is not conducted by character assassination and urging you to discuss the scientific issues, if you can.

Perhaps you should consider a constructive approach?



Gordon


From: gordonfulks@hotmail.com
To: cfwiese@cs.com; stevescare@aol.com; jkarlock@gmail.com
CC: global-warming-realists@googlegroups.com; Jim Diamond, Thomas Hellie
Subject: [GWR] RE: Appell
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 18:47:16 +0000


Dear Chuck,

We will have to admonish David Appell for forgetting to attack you too!  :-)

Better luck at getting his attention next time!  :-)

I left him this message:

Hi David,

Thanks for posting some of our emails that demonstrate our willingness to discuss climate issues from a scientific perspective, including the very basic issues of what constitutes science and what is merely storytelling.

As someone who long ago spent time in science, you know that real scientists love to discuss and argue the subjects where they are well-informed. Hence it should not seem strange to you that we try to engage Dr. Diamond and his college.

What is very strange is that they refuse all scientific dialogue. That certainly says that they feel unable to hold their own on this subject. Yet it is not a subject where one needs a PhD to realize that most of the lore is desperately wrong.

By the way, Roger Cohen (whose email you show above) is also a PhD physicist and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. That makes him one of the top physicists in the USA.



Gordon


To: stevescare@aol.com; gordonfulks@hotmail.com; jkarlock@gmail.com
Subject: Re: appell
From: cfwiese@cs.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:39:15 -0400


I am deeply hurt that I apparently didn't antagonize him enough to get some free press....:(



Chuck Wiese


PS; Congratulations, Gordon:D

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