G'day Shane, Thanks for an eloquent and moving statement of your position. I think we probably have many things in common. >So, when I hear the anger in Keiran's writings, I also feel it. I'm not talking about anger, I'm talking about cheap shots. Things like "Get the idea?" after an excellent paragraph summarising scientific work. Unnecessary stuff. Anger is fine. Make it work for you, not against you. > The same rhetoric that has been used by the Wise Use has also been >used by Forest Service personel (as if there is a difference), and many >students of forestry. Why, when someone speaks with emotion do people try to >disqualify them rather than their statements? I am not saying that you have >done that here, it just seems that you are playing into that line. Come on - clarify this point! Are you saying I'm doing it or not? Or do you want to just *imply* I'm doing it? > You ask Keiran to provide sources for his statements, yet you also >have written postulations. Where does it end and where does it begin. It ends where it starts! *He* said science. *I* asked for the references. If he had not said *science*, I would not have asked for it. I agree that science is not the beginning and the end. But if someone wants to use it, then they should put up or shut up. best regards, Andrew. Andrew Robinson, Phone : + 1 612 625 5765 (work) Graduate Student, : + 1 612 644 5512 (home) Dept. of Forest Resources, FAX : + 1 612 625 5212 University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall "I'll see it 1530 North Cleveland Ave. when I believe it." St Paul, 55108-6112, Mn, USA No statements above may be inferred to have the necessary support of my employer.
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