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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Pinking Shears Update II
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 14:40:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 14:40:28 1985
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I indicated a short while ago that I wrote to Norman Macbeth regarding
the scissoring incident, and that he replied that he was forwarding
my letter to the person who informed him of it.  I recently received
a letter from that person.  I wrote back asking for permission to post
his letter.  Pending his reply, I will summarize.

He did not give me the name or institution of the culprit, the reason
being that he feels that such information would only serve to cloud
the discussion by focussing attention away from the real issues of the
status of Darwinism.  He told me how I could figure out who it was,
but I'm not going to post that even if he lets me post his letter,
because he's right - it would only be witch-hunting.

He actually thought the scissoring a minor incident - because this
same person evidently was responsible for having the institution's
subscription to Journal of Theoretical Biology cancelled - one which
they had had since the inception of the journal.  The reason for that
was that two articles from it were being used in biology classes (one
by Yockey, another by Ho and Saunders).  Both articles are critical
of Darwinism.  Fortunately, after some struggle, others managed to
have the subscription reinstated.  So, hopefully such abuses will be
minimized in the future.  That's good to know.

More later, if he lets me post the letter...

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