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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/10/2012 :  19:13:32  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hat Tip to Ed Brayton.

Moncton was tossed out of the climate talks in Doha:

The former deputy leader of Ukip, Lord Monckton, has been ejected from the Doha climate change talks and permanently banned after impersonating a delegate from Burma on the conference floor.

At one of the sessions, Monckton assumed the seat for Burma in place of the real delegate, and addressed the hall from his microphone. He spoke for nearly a minute, before being escorted out.

He was ejected from the conference centre, had his badge revoked, and is thought to have left the country. The UN later confirmed he had been permanently barred from future rounds of the talks. Monckton did not respond to requests for comment by the Guardian.


So, how'd he get away with it?
He was booed and heckled by other delegates. Although Monckton is not ethnically Burmese, many small developing countries have advisers from other countries, so his appearance in the hall dressed in a business suit would not have raised suspicions.


It is not unusual for people to be ejected from UN climate change meetings – some activists were made to leave earlier at this COP – for being disruptive or pulling stunts. However, impersonating a delegate is far more serious.


You can bet he'll play the victim card, which is probably what he wanted all along...

He shouldn't try though as other climate change skeptics like Nick Griffin were there and did not get tossed.

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.

HalfMooner
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Philippines
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Posted - 12/10/2012 :  19:51:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I only regret that Monckton wasn't thrown out of the Doha talks just for being that ass-hat Monckton.

Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 12/10/2012 19:52:30
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On fire for Christ
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Posted - 12/10/2012 :  20:24:32   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send On fire for Christ a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Nick Griffin, the BNP leader and MEP for the north west region is also at the conference. He said: "I am one of the few climate change sceptics, although I prefer realists. I'm here to keep an eye out to see if they have any crazy plans. Fortunately, their ambition is failing, so there are no crazy plans."


I don't understand why the far right and climate change scepticism are so entwined. I get how conservatives see it as a kind of socialist theory and there may be a religious element. But UKIP and the BNP are essentially just national front organisations, their pet peeves are the EU and immigration. Strikes me as odd they would branch out into climate change denial.

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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/10/2012 :  20:35:07   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by On fire for Christ

I don't understand why the far right and climate change scepticism are so entwined. I get how conservatives see it as a kind of socialist theory and there may be a religious element.


The second sentence may answer the first to an extent but yeah...I don't truly understand why they're so tight together myself.

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.
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Dave W.
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Posted - 12/10/2012 :  21:45:50   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by On fire for Christ

I don't understand why the far right and climate change scepticism are so entwined. I get how conservatives see it as a kind of socialist theory and there may be a religious element.
Any plans to mitigate climate change are going to include a lot of government spending and a lot of regulations on big business. That's why the far right denies that climate change is even occurring, so that the necessary liberal policies would be unnecessary.

That, despite the fact that countries like China are buying new, "green" locomotives because in the long term, they are cheaper than the old, "dirty" locos. There are tons of businesses that will benefit from going "green," but it might take a long time to see those benefits. But, the far right isn't known for its far sight.

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