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From: "James Farlow" <farlow@ipfw.edu>
To: "Mike Taylor" <mike@indexdata.com>
Cc: "James Farlow" <farlow@ipfw.edu>
Subject: Re: Heliocanthus vs. Rioarribasuchus
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:14 -0500

OK, here is what I am willing to say:  

From what has been reported in the _Nature_ article, and documented in
various blogs, I would support petitioning the SVP ethics committee
asking that they look into the matter.  If the complaints against
Spencer Lucas and his associates by the graduate students are upheld
by that committee, then a clear statement by SVP that such behavior is
unacceptable to the profession is warranted.  On the other hand, if
Lucas and his colleagues did not act in a professionally inappropriate
manner, then a clear statement is needed to clear their names.

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