[Taxacom] Anyone else wish this statement was honored?

[Scott Fisher]

It seems that nearly every post I have gotten from Taxacom for the last six months has resulted in my hitting the delete key.  That was the point of why I wrote my "wish" message.  When I received the posting in July that said Mr. Grehan would no longer post to the list my immediate reply was "thank you sweet Jesus."  My mistaken thought was that the list would be free of his future domination.  The list discussions by Mr. Grehan of his ideas are akin to the media coverage of Michael Jackson's death, they go and on and on with no end in sight.  Nothing new is ever and way too much airtime and attention given.  When Mr. Grehan came back and resumed his old habits I thought "oh crap, here it goes again." 

I am not playing the Grand Potentate of science just because I voiced what others out there have surely thought (and a number have already voiced in direct responses to my post).  I am just one person that is tired of that man's never ending posts to the list.  Just a pure and simple statement and nothing else.





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From: Kirk Fitzhugh <kfitzhug at nhm.org>
To: Scott Fisher <scottfisher2010 at yahoo.com>; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:12:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Anyone else wish this statement was honored?


Unless you've been made the universal, grand potentate of all Science, I can't support your point of view. At the point all scientists come to agreement on everything, I'll be sure to leave the profession. While I very(!) strongly disagree with John's most basic assumptions about how science proceeds, his statements force the rest of us to hone our own arguments. When you see his posts, simply delete without reading. That should relieve you of your distress.

Kirk


-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of Scott Fisher
Sent: Sun 8/16/2009 10:30 AM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: [Taxacom] Anyone else wish this statement was honored?

This summer members of this list received the following posting on Taxacom:

"I have had a good number of years of interesting discussions, but legal threats are not
something I want to contend with. This is my last posting.

John Grehan"


Am I alone in my opinion that I'd love to have Mr. Grehan honor his statement permanently?  I'm really tired of all his nutjob arguments.  It would be great to have the list's topics of discussion return to science based taxonomy (as was the case during his all too short absence).

SF


     
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