[Taxacom] Anyone else wish this statement was honored?

[John Grehan]

Scott, why don't you post some of your own?

Over the last 6 months there have been a lot of other posts.

Wait a few decades and I will be dead. Problem solved.

John Grehan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Fisher
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:39 PM
> To: Kirk Fitzhugh; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Anyone else wish this statement was honored?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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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