[Taxacom] An objective observation for Taxacom members

Sun May 1 20:14:42 CDT 2011

It is what we call Science Friction.
Robin

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From: "Hans Hallman" <hanshallman at hotmail.com>
To: <ccarlt at lsu.edu>; <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>; 
<leslie.adams at comcast.net>; <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] An objective observation for Taxacom members

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> I might be reversing my stance here a bit, but I kind of like the banter 
> and soapbox status of people that post here.  I like pontification.  I 
> read newspapers and if I ever get sick of them, I can always fold them up 
> and take a nap under them.  The same thing is true for Taxacom.  You 
> probably can't take a nap under your laptop, but hopefully you have an 
> apartment or library to go to.  My point is that, if you're sick of 
> Taxacom, simply unsubscribe.
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> I'm a lowly master's student, and I enjoy the "nutty" emails and "tit for 
> tat" exchanges.  It's a learning opportunity for me.
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> Hans Hallman
> Subject: RE: [Taxacom] An objective observation for Taxacom members
> Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 19:49:05 -0500
> From: ccarlt at lsu.edu
> To: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz; leslie.adams at comcast.net; 
> hanshallman at hotmail.com; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Unfortunately, Taxacom has degraded to a personal soapbox for a handful of 
> subscribers who would rather argue and pontificate about systematic 
> problems that they do not contribute to solving in meaningful ways and 
> perhaps do not fully understand. Those of us who live in hope of an 
> informative kernal of information every few days are greeted each morning 
> by these long strings of silly 'tit for tat' exchanges...a daily 
> disappointment and chore to delete, since they get stored in the deleted 
> box and must ultimately be purged with yet more rounds of deleting. 
> Personally, I'm sick of it!
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> And, no, nutty emails from Hawkswood to not need to be posted here. The 
> best way to promote a megalomaniac is to transmit their personal barbs and 
> grievances globally.
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> Could the moderator please step in and limit the pointless exchanges and 
> lets try to get Taxacom back to the useful format for exchanging relevant 
> systematic information like it used to be in the good old days?
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> Chris Carlton, Ph. D.
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> Director, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
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> Dept. of Entomology and Adjunct, Dept. of Biological Sciences
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> LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1710
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of Stephen Thorpe
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> Sent: Sun 5/1/2011 7:19 PM
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> To: Leslie M. Adams; Hans Hallman; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] An objective observation for Taxacom members
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> at Taxacom, we are not afraid to grapple with the real nitty gritty ...
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> sensitive readers may be offended ...
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> From: Leslie M. Adams <leslie.adams at comcast.net>
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> To: Hans Hallman <hanshallman at hotmail.com>; stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz;
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> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 12:13:20 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Taxacom] An objective observation for Taxacom members
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> Hello,
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> I am a new to Taxacom and I must admit I am a bit shocked at the level of
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> dialog I have been observing. Is there no moderator here to screen out
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> unprofessional or even offensive submissions? I am a member of several 
> other
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> professional listservs in the field of biology/ecology and I haven't seen
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> the frequency of inappropriate banter I have witnessed here.
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> Just wondering.
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> Leslie Adams
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> Leslie M. Adams, Ph.D.
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> Plant Systematics and Community Ecology
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> University System of New Hampshire
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> http://home.co-mcast.net/~leslie.adams/
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> Home Office: 603 / 659-6177
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> "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when 
> we
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> created them." -  Albert Einstein
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Hans Hallman
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> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:46 PM
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> To: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] more "wise words" from the "great" Dr Trevor J
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> Hawkeswood!!
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> Is this even worth passing on to the listserve?
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> Hans Hallman
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>> Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 14:29:17 -0700
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>> From: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz
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>> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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>> Subject: [Taxacom] more "wise words" from the "great" Dr Trevor J
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> Hawkeswood!!
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>> any psychologists on Taxacom?
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>> ----- Forwarded Message ----
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>> From: Dr TJHawkeswood <drtjhawkeswood at calodema.com>
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>> To: Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
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>> Cc: Dr TJHawkeswood <drtjhawkeswood at calodema.com>
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>> Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 8:49:43 AM
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>> Subject: Re: Enquiry from Calodema - The Website of Dr Trevor J 
>> Hawkeswood
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>> Hi there you Hawkeswood hater!
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>> More files are up on the great calodema website and soon theres going to
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>> flood from me.
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>> www.calodema.com rules and theres a lot wrong with biology and taxonomy 
>> in
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> the
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>> world
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>> and as i can see many biologists are assholes
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>> and I shall enjoy immensely revising their works and "cooking their fat
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> bodies
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>> over the flames" in other words, Ill stew them in their own juices.
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>> Dr TJHawkeswood
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>> www.calodema.com
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