AIDS, idiots, and self-serving liars

jester jester at snet.net
Wed Jun 11 14:07:04 CDT 1997


At 10:53 AM 06/11/1997, Peter 13: Supplied us with a list of June Osborn's
publishing credentials.

I hope this isn't becoming a Henry vs. Peter vs. JJ flame war.  Thank you
Henry for your earlier message, and Peter as well.  We should not, and must
not, lose sight of the reAl issue at hand -- this isn't a PERSONAL debate,
but a serious discussion on a very serious subject.  I don't know you Peter,
but I know Henry, and he's always level-headed and sincere.  It's very
easily to lose sight of each other's sincereity when reading email --
especially if we disagree with each other's posts, but i do not question
yours.  Thank you for posting the list of Ms. Osborn's credentials.  I'm not
sure, but I would venture to say that in a United States Court of Law, she
would be excepted as an expert witness. I'm not sure the same could be said
of Mr. Deusberg, but I'm still not willing to discount him as an idiot 100%.
I'd like to see his ideas contradicted one-by-one with references -- that's
not going to happen on this list, for sure, so perhaps it's a dead subject.
Ten years from now, he might me heralded as an underdog and a genius.  Or
he'll just fade away into obscurity and Jules' articles posted online.  Who
knows...

JJ Jester




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