Glassberg's public statement on collecting.

[Hans]

Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk (Neil Jones) wrote in message news:<20020205.1330.100884snz at nwjones.demon.co.uk>...
> There have been a number of postings accusing Dr Jeffrey Glassberg
> of wanting to ban collecting. The actual evidence for this is sparse.
> From my point of view it seems to be based on paranoia.
> We have seen the same sort of thing directed at Butterfly Conservation
> over here. Butterfly Conservation has about 30 branches and I actually
> get most if not all of their newsletters. I can only recall twice collectors
> being condemned in both cases it was condemning illegal commercial collection
> from protected sites. Collectors simply aren't the issue habitat destruction
> is.
> 
> Dr Glassberg is also accused of not responding to the allegation. I rather
> suspect that he is fed up of replying. Here is one response he posted a good
> while ago on another list. He is replying to one Hans Schnauber.
> Many of us will remember Hans Schnauber or read of him in the newspapers.
> He was the guy who apparently wanted the internet to be declared an 
> independent state.  Being charitable to him I would describe him as
> eccentric.
> 
> Here Dr Glassberg is replying to one of Mr Schnauber's allegations.
> I believe it was Bob Pyle who actually posted the comment. Given what
> he says perhaps some people should take more care :-)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Relayed from Jeff Glassberg, President, North American Butterfly
> Association, at his request:
> 
> "Jeff Glasberg started NABA...and is presently promoting that collecting
>  should be outlawed:"  Hans Schnauber
> 
>  Dear Bob,
> I am a member of the New York Bar, and believe that the statement by 
> Hans Schnauber that I "am promoting the outlawing of collecting" is 
> slanderous and legally actionable. The facts are that neither I nor NABA 
> has ever done nor said anything to promote laws to make collecting 
> butterflies illegal.  Further, NABA is not "opposed to collecting" but 
> rather collecting butterflies is not one of the purposes of NABA -- a 
> vastly different thing. In fact, the inaugural issue of NABA's magazine, 
> American Butterflies, said that NABA was not in opposition to groups for 
> whom collecting was a legitimate function. 
> 	I would appreciate it if you could relay this message to Hans Schnauber,
>  and to whatever forum these slanderous comments appeared.  Please let me know 
> if this is not possible.
> Best wishes,
> Jeffrey Glassberg

Now Jeff, have you learned to speak the truth...

Hans Schnauber
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