ONE of the hazards of being a rock star warmist must be the admirers who demand your time at public events. That was what happened recently in Launceston, where Tim Flannery touched down to preach catastropharianism. After the service, er, meeting, the following exchange took place with a star-struck fan. Just coincidentally, a stray and open microphone happened to be within earshot.
How nice it would be to silence Andrew Bolt, allegedly twice besting The Australian in court (triumphs of which the Professor can find no record), and the University of Tasmania’s helpful efforts to spread the warmist creed – those were the topics discussed. One gathers the conversation between guru and acolyte might have gone on for hours if Flannery had not been burdened with a more pressing obligation.
“Anyway,” he was heard to say, “I have to take the Commission to dinner.”
Good work if you can get it.
Good work if you can get it.
Admirer: Flannery… Can I ask you a question?
Flannery: Yeah
Admirer: You know the journalist… er… Andrew Bolt?
Flannery: Yes, yeah.
Admirer: He keeps bagging you.
Flannery: Yes, yeah.
Admirer: He got a court order by the Aborigines, because he denied the “Stolen Generations”. I don’t know who was it that took him to court exactly, but he got a court order to stop… to stop… uhhhh…. bagging the Aborigines… [inaudible]... And anyway… now he tries to deny Global Warming.
Flannery: I haven’t really looked… I had to chase The Australian newspaper to court twice last year … I sued them twice over… for defamation. But he hasn’t actually defamed me yet. He just keeps on saying that, you know, I said certain things… whatever… which are not true… But he hasn’t actually said that I’m a lying bastard or anything like that…
Admirer: So, just for denying Global Warming in general…
Flannery: Yeah….
Admirer: Is it possible to get a court order that he stops?
Flannery: I am not aware of it … I do… I have worked with some lawyers [inaudible]… you know… these people… they do… I… I just think they are doing totally the wrong thing… [inaudible]… but I haven’t found a way of achieving that [inaudible].
Admirer: Like… You are not allowed… You know that you are not allowed to write anything about denying the Stolen Generations [inaudible]
Flannery: I do… Yeah… I do… Yeah, yeah…
Admirer: Maybe… it’s just… if we could get him to stop denying Global Warming….
Flannery: That would be great… Then he would have nothing to write about… [laughing]… You’re right… that would be lovely…. yeah.
Anyway, I have to take the Commission to dinner, but great meeting you. Thank you for coming along.
Admirer: Ok, Thank you for… eh… coming to Launceston…
Flannery: What do you do?
Admirer: I am a student in the university.
Flannery: Oh, fantastic. What are you studying?
Admirer: Environmental studies…
Flannery: Oh, fantastic…
Admirer: Yeah…
Flannery: Excellent. Well, I hope you enjoy it…
Admirer: Yeah… The University of Tasmania is very big in promoting “Global Warming”…
Flannery: Yeah… Yeah… Exactly… Yeah.
