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Public interest is a great idea, but only if the powerful are really interested in properly following through on it . We come here to laugh, and sometimes to grieve -in these cloisters we talk about the tough stuff freely . For how much longer ? You can't always tell them-- but you can tell us. Share the joke and the substance with us. Join in via http://eftel.com.au/~sirhumphrey

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Heavenly minded hot air blues ?

BALI december 2007. I wonder how many Australians who flew into Bali this week will have revelations while they are there. I expect many will. When they admit to the relevation, and its nature , will be the telling point .
Will the expected catharsis be around / NOT be around the consensus they all went there seeking ?
My money on the latter. A catharsis about being a room with people you don't really have much in common with, even though it was thought you would? A cartharsis about what being there yourself says about YOU????
Nothing like throwing all those who agree wholeheartedly together sometimes . Especially if you want to remind them they are the ideas men and they left the practical ones behind. Maybe the bali vision will give a new twist to the old adage about those who are so heavenly minded they are of "no earthly use" ?
Not all of them, you might say------ " there are a few scientists there!"
As scientist, I couldn't think of anything worse that running into the same old stilted conversations of political correctness .Imagine the overworked British bookkeepers whose fame is about to fade , the fearmongers, and overly stern followers , whose constant adrenalin pumping quickly overtakes theirs and other wits: let alone the endless droning over such huge and complex issues that none of them really understand .

I thought Rudd had more sense than to go out on a limb with the likes of em--- and then risking being percieved as coming back with his tail between his legs because he told them a few home truths .I hope he sticks to the story of no carbon trading tick boxes and tick the number talk . . Maybe he is tougher and bigger than we think - able to talk kyoto and talk beyond it - good on him, because as scientists we agree that nothing is agreed.