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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Out-of-Context-Quote of the Month
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Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 11:07:48 EST
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> >> 
> >>   "First and most important is the fact that mankind _is_ a kind..."
> >> 
> >>     George Gaylord Simpson, "The Biological Nature of Man".
> >>     Science, 152, 22 April 1966, page 474.
> >> 
> >> Thought you'd enjoy this...No flames!!
> >>                                                                     |
> >> Paul DuBois	{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--
> 
> > [Ethan Vishniac]
> > Hmmm.....  I guess we're bound to.  Creationists can gloat over another
> > example of evolutionist duplicity.  The rest of us will simply note that
> > no detailed response is necessary. Your title is rebuttal enough.
> 
> For crying out loud, Ethan.  Wasn't it obviously ("awbviously"?) a
> non-serious posting?  I didn't accuse Simpson of duplicity, nor did
> I intend to.  And you're right, no response was necessary, and the title
> was intended to indicate that it WASN'T an attempt to discredit
> Simpson.  Jeepers.
> 
> -- 
>                                                                     |
> Paul DuBois	{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--
>                                                                     |
>                                                                     |

You're right.  Sorry about that.  Family pride.

"Don't argue with a fool.      Ethan Vishniac
 Borrow his money."            {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan
                               Department of Astronomy
                               University of Texas