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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:22:54 +0100
From: [unknown]
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Cc: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Now online: Critique of Benton's (2000) "critique" of the Ph=

Well... actually... as you've correctly guessed, it's nothing special=
. I=20
don't say anything there that someone else hasn't already said. The i=
dea is=20
just that if somebody asks you "What are you wasting your time on? Be=
nton=20
has shown 5 years ago that it's all useless at best!", you can simply=
 tell=20
them "You think? Click here". It's really horrible to see how many pa=
rts of=20
the PhyloCode Benton has simply not read.

http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0000265/Benton-Phylocode.htm

And while I was at it, I've also updated my (short!) critique of Plat=
nick's=20
"critique" of the PhyloCode. Means, I fixed the broken links and clea=
ned up=20
the horrible HTML garbage.

http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0000265/Platnick-Phylocode.htm

It goes without saying that all however vaguely positive criticism is=
 highly=20
appreciated!

:-)=20

  

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