Re: LUCY: ``Yes, we have no bananas!"

frank murray (fmurray@pobox,com)
Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:10:02 GMT

On Sat, 09 Nov 1996 13:28:24 GMT, edconrad@prolog.net (Ed Conrad)
wrote:

>Fact is, the few bits and pieces of what they called ``Lucy" -- to go
>with the vast majority of manmade bonelike additions that were used to
>fill the many gaps -- weren't even found in close proximity.
>
>Truth is, ``Lucy" is a mosaic of a few bones that were found over a
>square mile.

to which, paul myers responded:

>Another conradian spam. followups redirected to talk.origins...if you
>must, follow it there, but otherwise please ignore this clown.

and then in a separate post paul said:

>No...and I'm trying to persuade everyone to ignore this clown and post
>any replies to talk.origins, instead.

and then in a third post said:

>Please reply to any messages from Ed Conrad in talk.origins -- they do
>not deserve any commentary in the sci newsgroups.

along the way rohinton collins added:

>These types of posts are really infuriating. Please could you stop
> posting to sci.anthropology.paleo (or for that matter sci.anthropology
>and sci.archaeology).

and steve "chris" price put in:

>This is rich! Can anybody is the sci.* groups take Ed seriously anymore?

several others added mocking words of their own...but none rose to
meet the challenge of ed conrad's claim that:

>Fact is, the few bits and pieces of what they called ``Lucy" -- to go
>with the vast majority of manmade bonelike additions that were used to
>fill the many gaps -- weren't even found in close proximity.
>
>Truth is, ``Lucy" is a mosaic of a few bones that were found over a
>square mile.

i suggest that if these worthies are to continue to post to sci.
groups, they should take that "sci." seriously, drop the ad hominem
attacks on ed, and post evidence refuting ed's claim...if ed's claim
is substantially correct, they should so state, and then present
arguments of interpretation...

the argument that: "i don't agree with you, so you had better shut up,
or i'll have you thrown out of here" may prevail within parts of
academia, but this is the net....

frank