[extropy-chat] sri lanka tragedy a result of global warming?

[spike]

Any good trial lawyer knows that the key to getting
the client a good settlement is in finding deep-pockets
responsible.  So we must somehow determine that the earthquake
that caused the tsunami was a result of global warming,
which is a result of SUVs, not god.  If we have low 
standards for proof, how can we imagine rising global
temperatures having caused the Sri Lankan tragedy?  How
about: higher temperatures caused the seismic plates
to expand, thus causing them to slip against each other.
Or: rising global temperatures changed the migration paths
of local birds, resulting in their landing in an unaccustomed
location, changing the loading pattern on the tectonic plate,
resulting in a sudden fracture?  My father in law has suggested
that pumping all that oil out of the ground allowed the earth
to collapse into the resulting cavities.

spike