The advent of the summit seemed to prove that global society had decided to deal seriously with the important environmental problems.
It is the first Hollywood film to seriously deal with this subject.
"The two sides do not deal with each other seriously without an American in the room," he said.
Yet not once did he seriously deal with the native residents in his diaries or letters.
The question is whether they want to deal with it seriously or just as face-savers.
This is the first piece of architecture to deal seriously with the idea of blue.
For the first time Siam had to deal seriously with international laws.
Until we deal seriously with the underlying societal problem - the breakdown of the family - these problems will remain.
My gut reaction, though, is that it has to be possible to deal with this issue seriously in public.
It should be highlighted that nobody wants to deal with this problem seriously.