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Article #968Ashby dishonesty and bias (was: botanical facts
From: Yuri Kuchinsky
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:00
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Peter Ashby (p-ashby@nimr.MAPS.mrc.ac.uk) wrote on 29 Sep 1998 21:06:25 GMT:
: In article <6ur3nm$bkn$2@whisper.globalserve.net>, yuku@globalserve.net
: (Yuri Kuchinsky) wrote:
> > As I said, I only need one good case for a pre-European introduction of a
> > S American plant to Polynesia to prove my general theory. Since we already
> > have kumara, another plant pretty well would seal the case. And here I
> > have two more plants, papaya and pineapple. So I feel I've done enough.
>
> And as I have pointed out you cannot argue this without (at least)
> explaining why your list is restricted.
My list is not restricted.
> You have not done nearly enough my friend, not by a long chalk.
You're babbling.
> > It's like a fisherman who went fishing to catch a big tuna. He came back
> > with a big tuna, but his jealous opponent was still complaining, "Hey, you
> > caught the tuna, but you didn't catch all those other small fish in the
> > ocean."
> >
> > Silly? I think so...
>
> yes I think so too. The problem you have is that you haven't caught a
> Tuna. You have misidentified it and it is really a large and angry shark.
Stop distorting reality, you, pathetic creature.
Yuri.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fcea6,4a599aa9a3239f6e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfcea6,public X-Google-Thread: 10065c,4a599aa9a3239f6e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10065c,public X-Google-Thread: 1129f3,b28de784055c948b X-Google-Attributes: gid1129f3,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,4a599aa9a3239f6e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public From: yuku@globalserve.net (Yuri Kuchinsky) Subject: Ashby dishonesty and bias (was: botanical facts Date: 1998/09/30 Message-ID: <6utphl$8t4$1@whisper.globalserve.net> X-Deja-AN: 396401850 References: <360EC1D0.56D9@antnov1.auckland.ac.nz> <6ur3nm$bkn$2@whisper.globalserve.net> <p-ashby-2909982211530001@194.83.182.120> Followup-To: sci.archaeology,bionet.general,sci.misc,sci.bio.misc X-Complaints-To: abuse@globalserve.net X-Trace: whisper.globalserve.net 907176309 9124 209.90.128.8 (30 Sep 1998 17:25:09 GMT) Organization: balanced NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Sep 1998 17:25:09 GMT Newsgroups: sci.archaeology,bionet.general,sci.misc,sci.bio.misc