[Taxacom] More precise sound bite

Curtis Clark jcclark-lists at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 29 15:53:18 CDT 2009


On 2009-03-29 07:54, Dick Jensen wrote:
> I never wrote that, to paraphrase your words, "all cladists are
> proponents of Phylocode."  All that I wrote was that there is a link
> (a rather obvious one at that) connecting cladistics and Phylocode.

I don't think I ever said that you wrote that. I did feel that you were 
pushing John Grehan's words beyond what he was trying to say.

> Besides, I doubt that ALL who took part in the Inquisition were
> either Christian or Catholic and, as you note, it is illogical to
> suggest that all Christians and Catholics supported the Inquisition
> (just as it is illogical to suggest that all self-professed (or even
> closet) cladists support Phylocode.  But, there is clearly a link
> connecting the Inquisition to both Christianity and Catholicism.

I suspect that there are proponents of Phylocode who are by neither 
baptism nor dogma cladists.

If John agrees with your paragraph, then I think you are on the same page.

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