I dropped by to see pictures of my friends and found this interesting discussion, I hope you don't mind if I kibbitz.

The person who is posting under the pseudonym, "Occam's razor" is a bit smug for being wrong. William of Occam stated that "It is a sin to multiply ones hypotheses unecessarily" which is different than the simplest answer is the right one. That kind of thinking is what allows predjudice to function under the guise of common sense.

While the protests themselves are often the same old dance (on both sides) they may be able to get the message across through a high profile in the media. (though sadly, I have heard four explantations for the protests so far and the newspapers still say that the protests were against the IMF.

Regarding the observation that global warming is caused by the sun, irony needs to be clearly packaged (in text) so it can be distinguished from ignorance.

It's hard to tell from your post where you are coming from.