dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (04/04/85)
> [Lew Mammel, Jr.] > Ernest Hua referred to "the Duane Gish I would love to mutilate with a > .44 automag" > I had already considered posting or mailing a note to Ernest Hua urging > him to be a little less strident, but this goes way beyond even that level of > invective. > It's no use protesting that it was meant lightheartedly. To consider such > a threat as a joke only shows how deeply ingrained the feeling is that > generated it. > I have a self-serving motive in wanting to distance myself from this sort > thing, but I would also urge Ernest and anyone else who finds themselves > harboring such frightful feelings to realize that the bonds that bind us > are stronger than these airy doctrinal disputes. Thanks, Lew. I also find it strange the Hua/Keebler would say such things after posting an article containing the following: > [Ernest Hua / Keebler] > To all scientists: You do > realize that they use the lowest, slimiest methods of deception possible > to con the public into thinking that they actually do the kind of work > YOU do, find the evidence YOU find, use the same logic YOU use, and > BETTER YET, they have the support of GOD. You do realize that they > are selfish and narrow-minded enough to want to destroy YOU for their > own rusty traditional beliefs. You do realize that ... The violence of Hua/Keeber's own remarks do him no credit. As one who has been on the other end of several of his postings I can testify that it is extremely difficult to frame an even-tempered and rational reply when you feel like you're continually being kicked in the teeth. (That is no excuse for failing to make such a reply, of course. But it's a lot more difficult.) As for low and slimy methods, we have seen several articles lately from Hua/Keebler rebutting personal correspondence received from Larry Bickford. This personal correspondence has been posted without permission. A single occurrence of this might be attributed to the oversight of forgetting to request permission. A whole series of such occurrences does not lead to this conclusion. -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | "You're a slave either way." |