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From: fritz@phri.UUCP (Dave Fritzinger)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Velikovsky, debunking the "debunkers"(A slight apology)
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 10:52:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 10:52:15 1985
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> 
> This is the kind of article that will do more than anything else to get
> me to "ug" this newsgroup.  The author has given no proof to support his
> assertion that Velikovsky is right (or that Darwin is wrong, for that
> matter).  Unfortunately, if one is to believe in what Velikovsky has to
> say, one must suspend belief in modern astrophysics, chemistry, and 
> biology.  This alone is enough for me to doubt seriously that 
> Velikovsky has any merit. As to the authors "discussion" on evolution,
> I believe that his *so-called* arguments have been discussed on the net
> enough times that I don't have to bring them up again.  Please, folks, 
> let's use the net for some kind of intelligent discussion, and not the
> clap-trap that I am responding to.
Sorry for the slight flame above, but I really felt that the parent article
was the worst sort of b***sh**, and I really hate to see that sort of thing
polluting the net.  
-- 
Dave Fritzinger
Public Health Research Institute
NY,NY
{allegra!phri!fritz}

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