Re: The absurdity, the absurdity (was: Cooperating theropods?)

[Chris Campbell <sankarah@ou.edu>]

Larry Dunn wrote:
> 
> >From: Chris Campbell <sankarah@ou.edu>
> >
> >Larry Dunn wrote:
> >
> >Larry, if you're gonna lecture me on the use of "uh" you might want to
> >avoid personal attacks a couple of days later.  This list is, after
> all,
> >a public forum, and these are your future colleagues you're speaking
> >to.  Hypocrisy isn't the best tactic.
> 
> Uh, since you've been most condescending and uncivil in this thread from
> just about the get-go, you've brought this squarely upon yourself.

Uncivil?  Please.  Aside from the lawyer comment I haven't engaged in
any personal attacks of any kind.  I have gotten frustrated, I'll admit,
but never personal.  You've been doing it on a regular basis, along with
selective editing of posts and a general refusal to entertain the
possibilities that exist.
 
> Oh, and they're not my future colleagues.  I'm not in the sciences.  Heh
> heh.  Nothing to lose on my part.  

If you're not in the sciences, you might want to listen to those who are
before dismissing evidence out of turn.

> They are, however, YOURS.  

Really?  And you know this how?  I'm a wildlife biologist with an
interest in the history of science.  How are they my colleagues, in any
way other than the sense that all academic professionals are
colleagues?  Please, tell me.  

> So go for it.  Be condescending and call Betty stupid because she 
> DARED to disagree with you -- 

I didn't call her stupid.  I said she made herself look stupid by making
claims that were demonstrably untrue.  Jonathan Woolf and many others
have disagreed with me on various occasions (including this one) and the
term "stupid" or any other offensive term hasn't shown up once.

>and have fun living down your behavior in this thread and others.

Given the positive response I've received from many list members (some
professionals, I'll note) that shouldn't be a problem.  

Chris