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Richard Littlemore
22 February 07

Love Your Opinion; Any Facts to Back it Up?

This letter to the editor of the Canada Free Press website came in response to a piece from Dr. Tim Ball. The writer says:

"I read many of your articles on Canada Free Press and made a donation to NRSP.

"It would be great if there was somewhere you footnoted or documented your articles, like “Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts?” I am constantly in arguments with everyone I know about this issue and I would like to site to the science, articles, or to graphs and charts that support the statements and positions you take."

 

It makes you wonder why the guy sends money if he (like us) is not convinced that Ball has any science to back up his religious (or industrial) conviction that climate change is no worries.

 

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It's about winning arguments.

VJ - Thu, 2007-02-22 19:29

It seems to me he has chosen to believe Ball, and is now seeking evidence to support his belief. He probably finds that the people he argues with keep producing these inconvenient facts and citations which refute Ball.

He's not seeking enlightenment; he's looking for ways to win arguments. And I thought that even before I saw what his profession was. :)

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Where should he send $$?

Steve Latham - Thu, 2007-02-22 21:08
What makes me cringe most is that he sends money to NRSP whose mission is to get the (wrong) word out, but he doesn’t try to send money to someone actually doing science. If these guys are so sure that the facts are on their side, they should try do all they can to help science uncover those facts. Of course, they are wrong about what the facts are, but I would hope that some naive fellow like this would try to find a more science-related recipient if he really wanted to help.
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Why bother with evidence?

Anonymous - Thu, 2007-02-22 22:02
Why bother with evidence? Aren’t Ball’s “credentials” enough?
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Orato Ball egomania

Anonymous - Fri, 2007-02-23 00:45
Anyone who believes that nonsense from Ball’s article last year, widely reprinted this year as new information, simply wants to believe.

http://www.orato.com/node/398/?PHPSESSID=98f867cbcba9f5193a638e3e5691591f
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On the other hand, the guy

James Linville - Fri, 2007-02-23 09:34
On the other hand, the guy might be doing science a service. Now we can say that there is some question within the anti-warming crew as to whether there is any science to back up their beliefs. Perhaps we should write more letters asking for support of their conclusions. It would be interesting to see if the Canada “Free” Press censors the demands. Cheers,
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You wanna hear a good one

Anonymous - Fri, 2007-02-23 19:19
You wanna hear a good one about Ball? According to one of the guys who lives in the same condo building as Ball, there was a decision made that each resident was to pay $5000 to fix a minor leakage problem in the building.

Ball went around talking to all the residents telling them that the damage wasn’t as bad as people thought and listen to him because he knew all about building envelopes.

When it came to the vote, Ball convinced enough people that the decision failed and Ball won. Nothing was done and the damage that could have been stopped in the short term, was put off.

Fast forward two years to the punchline: Since the initial damage was never fixed because Ball denied the reality of the leaking building, even though experts in the field were saying they should be concerned (sound familiar), the problem went from a little one to a MASSIVE one and now everyone in the building is facing $100,000 each to repair the damage. I’m not making this up, heard it straight from one his neighbors, who obviously hate Balls’ guts.

If you don’t believe me, ask Ball himself: timothyball@shaw.ca
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Canada Free Press blog

JDlare - Thu, 2007-03-15 15:47

You don't find crazier than the Canada Free Press's Judi McLeod.

She claims the mafia was behind 9/11...

http://web.archive.org/web/20050714011831/http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/cover071105.htm

...and Jewish banking interests were behind immigration protests.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover033006.htm

Dr. Ball is in fine company!

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