> ... And yet you take issue with me calling it a straw-man argument ... Yes. Either you don't understand what a straw man is or it really is a language issue

> ... And yet you take issue with me calling it a straw-man argument ... Yes. Either you don't understand what a straw man is or it really is a language issue. Is english your native language? You completely missed my original point. And you missed the point of my response. > We know that this is the hottest global temperature since the civilization arose Civilization? We are talking about the 'hottest year on record'. Do you know what 'on record' means? It's only a few decades though many people mistake it to mean 'since forever'. It doesn't mean since civilization began. Also, civilization is about 5000 years old. Modern humans have been around 300,000 years. So even if it is the 'hottest' since civilization began, it really doesn't say much. > '> While the records are based on data that only goes back to the mid-20th century' That's my point. Do you know what that means? > they are “almost certainly” the warmest the planet has seen over a much longer time period – “probably going back at least 100,000 years,” ... From 'on record' to agenda driven weasel words like 'almost certainly' and 'probably'. I remember it was 'almost certainly' and 'probably' likely that the world would end due to global warming by 2020.