Why is it...

... that when you are talking to an advocate of climate change, you either aren't looking at the long term, or you're not taking into account recent trends, whichever argument allows him/her to remain convinced global warming is human-caused and will continue indefinitely? For example:

What is This World Coming to When...

... A politician uses the phrase "f---ing retarded" and is chastised not for the first word, but for the second??