"not a few who would love to see the ASIF wounded or even destroyed."
Who and why ? Any evidence for this ?
sidd
No, I cannot give you chapter and verse. But I spent many years in many countries collecting and analysing data from multiple sources and making connections. We know..
- the ASIF is bombarded by bots. We don't know, but Neven and the Dungeon Master do, how many were malicious.
- Ask the mods and Neven about how many deniers get blocked from getting on the forum. And how many got through. Hence the much stricter screening of applicants.
- & haven't you noticed there is a well-funded denial industry out there. The BBC did a series of radio4 programmes on how the fossil fuel industry has used the Tobacco Playbook to undermine the acceptance of AGW by the public, and how widespread their network is. This industry is extremely well-funded, extremely well-managed with well-defined objectives. A major strategy is destroying the reputation of individuals and organisations.
Although the ASIF does not campaign - others do use the info we collect**, much of which is high quality.. This leads me to conclude that that makes us somewhere between a nuisance and a threat.
So Sidd, no certainties but enough to convince me
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**That I do know - I have had several texts & emails to tell me so.