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MangyTiger

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Message 38 of 119 (341806)
08-20-2006 9:39 PM

Reply to: Message 31 by crashfrog
08-20-2006 5:03 PM

Re: Global Warming

I'm not familiar with Greenland's tectonic situation, but most of its "land" area is actually nothing but ice, so obviously it was smaller in a warmer past.

I don't think that's true. It is the case that 81% of Greenland is covered in ice, but the operative word is covered - there is ground underneath the ice.

That's why Greenland gets mentioned in the context of global warming. If the Greenland ice sheet melts completely it will raise sea levels by about 7m.

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MangyTiger

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Message 78 of 119 (343169)
08-25-2006 12:05 AM

Reply to: Message 70 by crashfrog
08-24-2006 11:45 AM

Setting a different record straight

Off topic aside.

Even at the nadir of understanding about how gender assumptions load terms, the use of "man" never actually meant "all humanity".

So those aliens in To Serve Man never chowed down on any women?

If you live by the motto "Help your fellow man" it's ok to walk by a woman lying hurt in the gutter?

From dictionary.com:

man

a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man.
the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war.
a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself.

From the same entry:
-Usage Note The use of man to mean “human being,” both alone and in compounds such as MANKIND, has met with objection in recent years, and the use is declining.

(Bolding mine)

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MangyTiger

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Message 80 of 119 (343189)
08-25-2006 1:32 AM

Reply to: Message 79 by crashfrog
08-25-2006 12:25 AM

Time for a new topic

As far as I can tell your reply has a lot of assertions but none of them have anything to back them up beyond your say so.

But looking back in the literature of the time,

Errrr - what time? Nowhere in your Message 70 or my Message 78 was a time period specified. In fact you specifically said (my bolding):

the use of "man" never actually meant "all humanity".

So you're talking basically all of human history surely?

Sorry - I'll stop calling you surely

We are actually way off topic here. If you want to continue discussing it start a thread and I'll be happy to join in.

Edited by MangyTiger, : Changed italics to bolding - D'oh!

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