Suggestion for a fun evening - all-in Devil's Advocate wrestling

Here's the suggestion:

Rent a copy of An Inconvenient Truth. Invite a group of friends over. and watch it, then watch this interesting video (streamed via the web and a computer onto your gigantic flat screen).



Randomly divide the group into Anthropogenic Global Warming zealots and AGW deniers. Give no clues as to which individuals might be playing Devil's Advocate, and which might be expressing genuine opinions.

Stand back and watch the fun.

Here's the video in its entirety.

Humbug! Online Comments Policy

The Humblogmeisters have decided that it's time we articulated a comments policy.

Our comments policy is simplicity itself. We give an absolute guarantee that we will only remove a comment if we wish to.

Such a policy may seem to be capricious - perhaps even arrogant. It only seems capricious and arrogant because it is.

Some of the reasons we may wish to remove a comment: [a] the comment is over-long and rambling; [b] the comment is off-topic (e.g, personal) and doesn't redeem its irrelevance through the use of whimsical humour or biting satire; [c] the comment is insane; [d] the comment is obscene; [e] the comment contains inappropriate language (would you want a child to read it?); [f] the comment is inflammatory; [g] the comment is grossly insulting; [h] the comment is indecipherable, illiterate sludge; [i] the comment is too insightful and shows us up (especially if it correctly identifies a flaw in anything we've said).

If you don't like our policy then don't read our blog. Read other blogs. Create your own blog. Increase your medication. Whatever.

Update - the comments policy is a fluid thing and (to mix a metaphor) is continually evolving. See this thread for what I mean.