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Old 07-10-2012, 09:51 AM
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Incidentally. In the time of King Canute, kings were thought of as almost divine, all powerful. I've read that what he was doing was not to try to stop the tide coming in, but to show his Court that King or no King he could not prevent the tide coming in and implicitly that no one could.
Hi, Combwork! Long time!

Your understanding of King Canute's message is correct but are you saying that we should all be like him when it comes to climate change? Should we just throw up our hands and say, "God's will!" and then go back to what we've been doing?

John
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