March 2007 – Global Warming Discussion

Greg Rosner led a discussion on the controversial topic of Global Warming. It started with a viewing of “An Inconvienient Truth” which was views by about 20 men in the quiet attic of the barn (also known as the Theatre) while some men stood below the attic eating the food and trying to whisper as to not disturb the movie (or perhaps to disturb the movie). After the movie, we ate and drank for a few minutes until we all took seats in a semi circle, with Greg standing on a chair in the front of the room. 3 playing cards were passed around to each man. The ground-rules were simple: If you had a picture card (King, Queen, Jack) you can speak uninterupted for 3 minutes about any thing you wanted pertaining to the issue of Global Warming. If you had a number card (Ace through 10) you can make a comment – like “That’s Bullshit!”. This discussion went on for an hour and a half. Most of the discussion stayed on the level of whether or not Global Warming was real – but only late in the conversation did it turn to – whether it’s real or not, the markets are changing as a result, so therefore what should we as business owners, fathers, americans – do about it? Time was called at 10:05 – at which time the drinking, debating continued in a total free-form way. It was very thought provoking – and real.

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