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Questioning whether Beddington is giving his own, honest opinion, or that of the state he serves, is perfectly legitimate. The evidence in my view points firmly to the former. We should be focusing on the content of the discussion, and provocative interventions can help to do just that. Francis On 18/03/2011 10:39, Robert Ward wrote: > I think the suggestion that the CSA's comments were the result of having > been "leant on" is a pretty offensive personal smear, particularly as it > is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. Perhaps the psci-com list > owner could take a views on whether the message is in breach of the > list's rules? > > Bob Ward -- Dr Francis Sedgemore journalist and science writer www.sedgemore.com <http://www.sedgemore.com> ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptible Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************