Keep on shifting those goal posts Laird, you might score yet.
OK... so, why don't you lay out my original "goal posts", and then explain what I have "shifted" them into? (I don't mind if you choose not to, though, because arguing becomes tedious after a while...).
FWIW, here's the exchange as I see it (with implied sentiments made explicit):
LoneShaman: Parts of Australia are experiencing an unusually cold summer; this is inconsistent with global warming and falsifies it.
Laird: But other parts of Australia are experiencing unusually fierce and extensive fires and heatwaves, and this is consistent with global warming. You are cherry-picking your data.
LoneShaman: Over a century ago, Australia also experienced unusually fierce and extensive fires and heatwaves, perhaps even worse than currently experienced, so the current experiences you cite aren't proof of global warming.
Laird: That's right, they aren't
proof of global warming, because global warming is about long-term global trends, not short-term local events - but they are
consistent with the projected long-term global trends.
LoneShaman: Bah, you can't admit when you're wrong.
Laird: Also, if you are to show (by implication) that the unusually cool summer temperatures in parts of Australia are inconsistent to such an extent that they (tend to)
falsify global warming, then you need to do more than you have done: you need to demonstrate that there are no known climatic or meteorological factors which are causing them
despite global warming. [ETA: Admittedly, this is a more tenuous implication - I actually suggested a need to demonstrate the lack of existence of unusual climatic factors that might have caused the unusually hot temperatures a century ago in Australia. Apologies if it seems to misrepresent the conversation. I hope it's understood that this sentiment applies to both scenarios (which is how it became confused in my mind when I wrote the summary), even if I actually only applied it in the conversation to one of them.]
LoneShaman: You're shifting the goalposts.