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

[Philipp Wagner]

>All they need do is deem his journal AJH to be an invalid 
>publication. 

That would be great - but it would not stop him. In a time 
where it is so extremly easy to run a self-published 
e-journal he would just rename it and publish everything 
again.








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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] [iczn-list] provisions to the 
>Code
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>> 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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