Although I may not have much weight, only being a current PhD student
and nothing more, this is not what I signed up to this list for.
I have enjoyed the interesting discussion of past workers, but I
noticed something sinister starting from the very first email from Dr
K. It's also disconcerting that we have a case of history repeating
itself (with no progress being made) on both this list and on the
mechanics forum linked to by previous emails.
I hope that when I return to the list, this petty argument will be
over and we get back to the intellectual discussion of proper
structural geology.
Thanks,
Richard Palin
D.Phil Research Student,
Himalayan Studies Group
University of Oxford,
Department of Earth Sciences,
South Parks Road,
Oxford,
OX1 3AN,
United Kingdom
http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~richardp/
> In my view, there is no excuse, ever, to use words such as those,
> however frustrated one may feel.
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> I for one, will be blocking the list from my inbox for the moment. I
> don't wish to be associated with a forum where such wording is
> expressed, or considered allowable (if regrettable).
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> Yani Najman
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> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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> Dr Yani Najman
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> LEC, Lancaster University, UK, on sabbatical at:
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> Dept of Geological Sciences
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> University of Canterbury
>
> PB 4800
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> Christchurch 8140
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> New Zealand
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> email: [log in to unmask] or
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> [log in to unmask]
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> "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
> didn't do than the things you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away
> from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore ....
> dream.... discover". Mark Twain.
>
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>
> From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Barrett
> Sent: 26 March 2011 14:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Combined replies
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> I would like to understand the cases for and against Falk's proposition,
> and had hoped that this forum was going to articulate the arguments
> against him. In the past I have heard only dismissive comments of a
> "crazy-mans" ideas.
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>> now shows himself to be an bigoted, antisemtic, homophobe
>
> However, it appears that some correspondants cannot see that, as has
> been pointed out, Falk's non-PC description of how he believes other
> regard him is a cry of frustration rather than an expression of
> extremism on his own part. Pretty well everybody uses cuss-words and
> other "inappropriate" language at times - academics cannot sit atop
> their ivory towers all of the time. It might be better to be more
> restrained in a supposedly literate forum such as this, but attempting
> to close down a scientific discussion because somebody expresses
> himself in human-speak (and is then misunderstood!) is a cop-out.
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> Let the discussion continue, on-topic, and with due deference to
> individualism of argumentative style.
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>
>
> Tony Barrett
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