cladistics & linguistics & PhyloCode

[Richard Jensen]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Curtis Clark wrote:

> At 07:48 PM 10/23/00, Ken Kinman wrote:
> >Some cladists may actually enjoy the confusion, just as some
> >lawyers enjoy the confusion in the out-of-balance legal system.
>
> Why don't you name names, instead of indicting us all by association? Or
> was that your intent?

Seems to me that things are being taken too seriously.  Do I have to name
names to say that some politicians "may be closet liberals"?  I think
not.  The statement is qualified by "may"; Kinman did not say that that
"some cladists do enjoy the confusion."  If he had, then it would be
appropriate to ask to name names.

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