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Mickey P.Rowe <mrowe@indiana.edu>
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> >Just as a helpful reminder... this list exists to support discussions >of scientific investigations about dinosaurs. It is not about how bad >communism is. Priorities, interests and forbidden subjects on Dinosaur list Frankly, although I wasn't
particularly interested in the ongoing discussion on death penalty for smugglers
of fossils in China ( because I thought I couldn't help poor people in concern
in any way ), nevertheless, I am especially sensitive on human rights violation
issue ( unfortunately, I was in occasion seeing it from near too many times). My
personal opinion on the matter, if you allow me, is that all lists on the Web
put together and all the fossils smuggled are not worth a single human
life - and if a simple discussion may in any way help the things to turn on
better ( at least as a far fetched echo : maybe somebody somewhere who can do
something about it will hear it ) and eventually save somebody, I'll say let it
be.
We're not some alien spectators
from Mars. Earth is our fairly small home we all share ( it is becoming a global
village, literary) and we have to care about the welfare of the planet and its
inhabitants. Don't think you're untouchable if you live in the western world -
it is an illusion ( I never imagined I'll be involved in a war, but I did).
Think about how political ignorance and noninterference caused unimaginable
human suffering and countless victims in this century, that had immeasurable
impact on us all. Have your political opinion and express it! You might stop or
prevent terror.
There were far more insignificant
(even silly) discussions going on here before (though they had their purpose,
too: at least, that was and will be the opportunity for many amateurs, who
were deprived of the fanciful scientific language and extensive knowledge of
vertebrate paleontology, to relieve their frustration and actually actively
participate in the discussion on the subject they worship and also a
chance for some experts to let loose for a moment). After all, I like this
combination of science and common sense, because brings in a sort of
"brainstorming" effects. Well, I suppose everybody on this list has
his/her own list of priorities - favorite subjects he/she would like to discuss
and read about preferably. Which
brings me to stating my priorities of interest :
1) Latest discoveries of dinosaur fossils
2) Sites (announcements) featuring dinosaur and
other vertebrate fossils, online papers and reconstructions of those
animals
3) Discussions on anatomy and physiology
issues.
4) Discussions on evolution, systematics,
cladistics, behavior, etc.
5) References and books
6) Paleontology, geology, astronomy, zoology...
7) Dinosaurs in media and pop-culture
8) Other
serious, less serious and silly stuff, related and unrelated
Berislav Krzic
illustrissimus@usa.net Beri's Dinosaur World http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1638/index.html http://members.tripod.com/~dinosaurbero/portfolio.html Dinosaur Books http://www2.siol.net/ext/zza/index.html |