Re: fed up

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

Oviraptor was named in 1924, long before Crichton was even born......
Don't blame Hollywood entirely, for it's use in Dinosauria.

-Betty

"Farlow,James" wrote:
>      The term "raptor" had a well-defined meaning _LONG_ before
>      Mr. Crichton expropriated it, and I for one refuse to allow a
>      perfectly good term to get hijacked by the Hollywood-contaminated
>      popular culture without dragging my heels and squawking to high
>      heaven.  Using the term "raptor" to refer to ANY non-avian dinosaur
>      does nothing but introduce confusion.  It's OK for six-year-olds, who
>      don't know any better, to call predatory dinosaurs "raptors", I
>      suppose, but for anybody else--and particularly professional
>      paleontologists--to confuse the meaning of an established and
>      honorable biological term is, IMHO, grounds for a public flogging.
>      STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP
>      IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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