date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:15:04 -0400 from: "Raymond S. Bradley" subject: excuse me while I .... to: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk >VOMIT!! >Dear Ed, Tom, Keith, etc. > >In keeping w/ the spirit of Tom's and Keith's emails, I wanted to stress, >before we all break for the weekend, that this is ultimately about the >science, its not personal. If my comments seemed to assail e.g. Keith's >motives or integrity, etc. I believe that they were misunderstood (as I >tried to clarify that in my previous message), but I can see that there >was a potential for misunderstanding of my message (precision in wording >is very important) given the high levels of sensitivity in this debate. So >I wanted to leave no uncertainty about that. And of course, I very much >apologize to Keith (and Tim) if they took them my comments that way. They, >again, were most decidedly not intended that way. > >I hope we can resolve the scientific issues objectively, and w/out >injecting or any personal feelings into any of this. There are some >substantial scientific differences here, lets let them play out the way >they are supposed to, objectively, and in the peer reviewed literature. > >Enjoy the weekend all. > >cheers, > >Mike Raymond S. Bradley Distinguished Professor and Head of Department Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-5820 Tel: 413-545-2120 Fax: 413-545-1200 Climate System Research Center: 413-545-0659 Climate System Research Center Web Page: Paleoclimatology Book Web Site (1999): http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/paleo/html