At 07:34 PM 10/2/2008, you wrote:
and this is cross posted here becuase....?
Thanks for asking. The Vortex list is, in my opinion, a group of fairly
enlightened and aware group of individuals who have an interest in CMNS and
free speech.
Here's the background:
I do not have a problem with McKubre and there is no message of his at this
time that is of interest for me to publish. This thread was not initiated
from anything to do with McKubre and I'm not sure why he jumped into the
thread with a call for tighter information control.
I'm not sure why Storms has jumped in and is casting aspersions about me.
Storms' hostile statements are unfortunate and puzzling, but that is
another matter, the present matter has nothing to do with McKubre and Storms.
This thread was initiated by a posting by Marissa Little to the CMNS list,
not McKubre.
I engaged with the Little's (Scott and Marissa) of Earthtech International
in response to information that they sent to the CMNS community via the
CMNS list. This thread had to do with their "failure to verify" the excess
heat claims of John Dash. I engaged in a few message exchanges with the
Little's copying Dash and McKubre. I included McKubre because I consider
him a world-respected expert in calorimetry.
Haiko and Ed seem to have jumped to the conclusion that I have some
misplaced interest that is un-supportive of the CMNS community. No,
gentlemen, nothing could be further from the truth.
Your CMNS list confidentiality rule may give you the illusion of privacy,
but you do not have privacy. Your presumption of privacy is a
self-delusion, naiive, and dangerous. If you want privacy, a) confirm the
identification of all the members of your CMNS list and b) set up
nondisclosure agreements.
By closing the list from the press, you not only are sheltering honest and
supportive discussions from exposure, but are also sheltering and harboring
people with less-benevolent motives.
I appreciate all of the critical and thoughtful remarks make on this Vortex
list. It is a valuable resource.
Steve
