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[john grehan]

>Geoof Read wrote:

>Knowing the individual I would say he is never at a loss for long. Give
>the guy
>a break. He was talking off the cuff about preliminary impressions to a
>newspaper journalist. Hold your panbiogeographic munitions for the peer-
>reviewed version.

I don't think it matters whether the comment was 'off the cuff' or not. The
statement showed that he was not familiar with standard biogeographic
patterns, and it is my view that this situation would not have occured if
panbiogeography had been permitted to flourish and develop in New Zealand.

>The theme John seems more interested in pursuing than the topic  he is
>using  as a stalking horse is  exhaustively covered in the "censorship" thread
>from Dec 2001.   I bailed out then and  I don't intend to respond to more of
>the same now.

And I would not dream of anyone feeling that they would be under any
compulsion to deal with the issue, but the issue is real and is remains
nevertheless. And yet, I will continue to bring it up as I feel necessary
and of course anyone on the list can just bypass the topic if they wish.

John Grehan