PS I do agree with you about nuclear power. That wasn't at issue (for me at least). But if you use unfair debating tactics like motive-questioning, you look like you don't have any real arguments.
On 22 November 2013 09:27, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 November 2013 07:54, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Chris de Morsella <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> > No you don’t know that at all. You don’t have some crystal ball and >>> are just quoting from studies that have been criticized as very much low >>> balling the ultimate number of cancer deaths attributable to Chernobyl. >>> Other studies have come up with much higher numbers – ranging into the >>> millions. For example the TORCH report commissioned by the German Green >>> Party that included areas not covered by the WHO report >>> >> The WHO is much more trustworthy than the German Green Party, the WHO has >> no ax to grind but if people don't think a environmental catastrophe is >> imminent nobody is going to vote for the German Green Party. >> > > This response is an unworthy *ad hominem* attack on the German Green > Party, and the German people who vote for them. You should be dealing in > the facts of the matter, not saying in effect "the Greens must be > commissioning a report for political reasons (rather than their avowed care > about the environment) and the people who vote for them are only doing so > because they think there is a looming catastrophe (implication - otherwise > they wouldn't give a fig about the environment)." > > When you don't have a good argument, resort to questioning people's > motives. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
