<HTML>Anthony,
Well, I think everyone should take a page from your book. I appreciate your criticism(s). They are polite. You disagree with my posting this thread here, and that's fine. What's done is done now, so the rest will be in private.
For anyone else who doesn't seem to be on the balanced version, I really surprised you think this is funny. There are details you are not aware of which show serious consequences for Dr Edlin.
Claire,
When did I play games? You're insinuating I have, and I don't like it. Treating this like a 'so-what-he's-said-it-before' chain of events is unfortunately incorrect. If your only question was why I posted it, then fine, but you've made other thoughts known which I don't appreciate. I hope I answered your main concern. If not - I'm sorry. PS. Kat and I get along quite fine, btw. I'm glad to call her a friend. Please don't try to make it look like we're at each others throats. Thanks
A Lurker,
Hide behind a pseudo and false e-mail all you want. There are ways of finding out who you are. I'm sorry your comprehensive skills are non-existent; maybe you should try some reservation in the future?
Well, in the end, if you all (well not all) think this is a joke, you'll be sore about the outcome. The last time I cried 'sue!' was over a little comment on a board, and that, I agree, was off the cuff. I thought about it, and realized that it wasn't really THAT serious. This particular case with Dr Edlin is entirely different. You don't know the details. What he's done is very very serious. Understand? This is not something I can walk away from. Period.
And finally, there is a side issue at work here: that no matter what kind of unsociable tendencies I - or anyone - have, data is data. For someone - anyone - to try to effectively remove my (or anyone's) common sense refutations from scientific study and/or review of theories, is against every aspect of the entire community, and to do so in a deliberate, premeditated, and illegal fashion is meant to be answered with the full arm of the law.
This is a scare tactic by 'A Lurker':
"<I>1. Dr. Kate is not going to be a happy
camper if she gets drawn into this lawsuit even as
a witness and has her time wasted over this silly
stuff and 2. certainly not going make him any friends
among either avocational or professional
archaeologists with this suit.</I>"
Silly? It's not my fault she won't be happy. I wasn't the one who wrote to her. And making friends? This isn't a popularity contest, Lurker. In fact, if there is anyone in the scientific field that is appalled at my actions, I'll be pleasantly surprised. For anyone to think that what I'M doing is rocking the boat, you're preposterously misguided - in my opinion. Ask yourselves: Who did this? Who created this mess? The answer isn't me, my friends. It was Dr Duncan Edlin. There would be others on the docket, but evidence is difficult at the moment. However, I'm still looking at two other individuals.
And after all is said and done, Dr Edlin's attempts will go for naught: Dr Spence's theory will still be challenged, and will fall. So, what did really hope to gain?
R. Avry Wilson</HTML>