Well, in a world where there are probably more pets than wild animals, cigarette smokers, overconsumption, nature can't really survive durably
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
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Re: Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
#52Over the years I have seen about a thousand comments, blog posts, articles, etc that deny that human activity is causing the climate to get warmer.
But I don't think I have ever seen even one from the same crowd that denies that human activity is causing the oceans to become more acidic. I guess they know it's true, but don't want to admit it.
Re: Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
The author has some freedom to choose how to define death in this case, yes. But then he should include the definition he used. Otherwise it's just fear mongering.
It seems like attendant readers understands what the author was doing. They didn't say the definition explicitly, which would violate pep20 (explicit is better than implicit), but, considering this is an article in Outside Online magazine... I think we can accept this violation. I can understand that you might think other people would be misled by the rhetorical structure... but I encourage you to not get upset at im…
> but I encourage you to not get upset at imagined misunderstandings on behalf of others
The problem is, global warming is largely an issue _because_ of the "misunderstandings on behalf of others", so in this case, it is a real issue.
Re: Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems like attendant readers understands what the author was doing. They didn't say the definition explicitly, which would violate pep20 (explicit is better than implicit), but, considering this is an article in Outside Online magazine... I think we can accept this violation. I can understand that you might think other people would be misled by the rhetorical structure... but I encourage you to not get upset at im…
> but I encourage you to not get upset at imagined misunderstandings on behalf of others The problem is, global warming is largely an issue _because_ of the "misunderstandings on behalf of others", so in this case, it is a real issue.
We are in agreement. My comment was to the effect of "the author took literary license, most (native speakers) probably knew that, don't beat a dead horse."