Mr. Hammond--
George Hammond wrote:
>
> Terry M. Gray wrote:
> >
> >
> > While I don't have a lot of sympathy with George Hammond's views as I
> > currently understand them, I must admit that such ideas are not all that
> > unusual.
>
> [Hammond]
> Your sympathy or non sympathy toward my views is a
> personal matter, not a matter of "official business".
> Fact is, no one has
> ever advanced a theory anywhere near similar to mine,
> contrary to what you would like us to think. I am the
> first person in the world to advance a metrical theory
> of God based on Psychometry. Please do not use your
> "official" position to try and enforce your professional
> opinions. That is patently unethical and I'm sure the
> ASA would find it an abuse of your office.
Please CAREFULLY REREAD Terry gray's message. He is not in any way
inplying that his personal opinions on topics would guide his actions as
list manager. Just the opposite.
>
> [hammond]
> BTW, as a list manager you must be aware that the
> frequently seen "is there a way to filter cranks"
> message is a commonly known "troll" posting in and of itself,
> and is frequently used by aggrevated cranks themselves
> in order to perpetrate anti-intellectual harassement
> against serious discussion and/or people of higher academic
> qualifications. As a list manager, you must be familiar
> enough with Internet dirty tricks to know that.
> As far as I can see, there was scant justification for
> posting such a message this time, and I would suggest
> that it may very well be some "toll" or "fire bug"
> simply wanting to start some trouble themselves.
> Surely the poster is aware of the mail filter function
> on there computer, and can killfile anyone's
> email address they want to.
>
I believe apologies are due to Carol Regehr, a respected member of this
list. She is in no way a 'troll'. If you had read the list a while
before you posted, you would have seen her name regularly.
The only question I have for you is this:
Jesus of Nazareth, whose son is he?
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