[Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code

[Wolfgang Wuster]

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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of Neal Evenhuis <neale at bishopmuseum.org>
Sent: 15 April 2014 23:12
To: Stephen Thorpe; Doug Yanega; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the Code


> But to get back to the crux of the matter. Some on the list want to nix
> what Hoser has done because they claim the specimen (with a specimen
> number) that he specifically designated "did not exist". That is hogwash.
> And is bordering on censorship, in my opinion.

I think we need to stop this talk of censorship.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "to censor" is defined as "to examine books, movies, letters, etc., in order to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc."

Nobody is proposing to do such a thing.

However, there is a difference between the right to free expression and the right to be taken seriously. The former is (in my book) absolute, the latter does not exist. The problem is that the letter of the Code seeks to bestow that non-existing latter right on the authors of names irrespective of merit. That's what many who consider themselves scientists first and nomenclaturists second have a problem with. However, that does not constitute censorship.

Cheers,

Wolfgang


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