Fwd: RE: the extremists/ be careful

[Chris J. Durden]

>
>Thank you Norbert. Now I know these recurring remarks and diatribes refer
>to people around the Kral et al. "butterfly poacher" case, and not one of
>the other cases that also were not handled very well. Each one of these
>cases stirred up a lot of dander in parties on both (or more) sides of the
>ethical arguments and the laws pulled in to bludgeon real and supposed
>perpetrators. No I am not very interested, but I do like to have an idea
>of what is being talked about.
>.............Chris Durden
>
>
>At 08:47 AM 1/23/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>For those who may be interested in this moldy old business where various
>>people expressed strongly held and sincere opinions; any synopsis would be
>>slanted by the opinions of whoever wrote the synopsis (myself included even
>>tho I do not recall writing a synopsis). However gluttons for punishment and
>>anyone with nothing better to do with their time could search the archives
>>of lepsl (and entomol if these are open without subscribing) in the time
>>period ca. mid 1990's. Mixture of polite, snide, vitriolic etc postings by
>>sane and intelligent people like Jones, Kondla, Kral and many others.
>>Actually kinda funny and entertaining with the benefit of hindsight :-) I
>>took particular exception to the vile propaganda perpetrated by one Ted
>>Williams in Audubon magazine and the posting was subsequently printed in
>>News of the Lepidopterists Society 1996.  Although I still detest yellow
>>journalism; some time has passed, my blood pressure has subsided and I am
>>increasingly inclined to view this historical matter as a tempest in a
>>teapot.  Somehow it is difficult for me to take seriously the rulings of one
>>judge who heard one or more of the high profile cases and was subsequently
>>ejected from his job as a judge because he was caught telling lies; yes this
>>is a matter of public record and I regret that I have neither the time nor
>>the interest to dig up the judges name and the newspaper clipping.  Lets
>>continue to throw dirt on the hatchet in hopes that it will eventually only
>>be of interest to archaeologists :-)
 
 
 
 
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