Forum for rational scientific debate?

Contributions to the discussions conducted in this forum by Macfarlane
and McLark can be seen at:

Macfarlane:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/492e1dc3c88ca30e/ad234d255228708a#ad234d255228708a

http://tinyurl.com/enw3p
"LFTPM! Crowley, Jimbo, Mario - Marco, DD & Dickie-boy - even JMH has
been by this month. The loons are back for the summer season... Now all
we need is Algis to make it a full set... Ross Macfarlane"

His references to us other loons start in August 2003
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/db9ff03054ddbe67/3f51332b2b6505d2?lnk=st&q=loons&rnum=19#3f51332b2b6505d2
http://tinyurl.com/q6lcw
"You can deal with him. In my bucket he is, & there he stays (but I do
like it when other loons respond to his twat - double the laughs...) "

- I wonder if he knows what a twat is...
The poet Browning didn't, and famously wrote one about nuns in
cloisters cowled in their pudenda.

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/f4306821fb920af5/6dfda6d35f4c4813?lnk=st&q=&rnum=9#6dfda6d35f4c4813
http://tinyurl.com/q954l

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/e675b7f1e6e98647/f9cff580e586a6d9#f9cff580e586a6d9

or: http://tinyurl.com/gr8vf

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/59c448573741d2e5/2d3469d1d9407571#2d3469d1d9407571
or: http://tinyurl.com/j3yaw

According to Google, started in 1998, but only really got going in 2003
- record so far 91 posts in Nov 2005 - flagging a little this year.

Has recently contributed an authoritative report on a breakfast radio
programme:
"Audio of not very convincing interview with Mellars from Australian
radio
this morning:
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/stories/s1663471.htm>"

as for McLark:

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/492e1dc3c88ca30e/3d306ca82b1c17a2?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3#3d306ca82b1c17a2
http://tinyurl.com/n97ce
(I know I'm arrogant, but bigoted? Only an Ulsterman could say that,
without knowing if I was religious or not.)

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/e675b7f1e6e98647/5b828849ddc9b7e3#5b828849ddc9b7e3
http://tinyurl.com/ls7av

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/f7ed32e7f718b46a/0cc75a4b89168619#0cc75a4b89168619
http://tinyurl.com/mvmuo

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/f7ed32e7f718b46a/228b6b494e85d9a8#228b6b494e85d9a8
http://tinyurl.com/n52zh

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology.paleo/browse_frm/thread/f7ed32e7f718b46a/999d0880f664525c#999d0880f664525c
http://tinyurl.com/qxtuc

Hit peak rate in year 2000 - (474 posts to various groups in one
month). According to Google, has only posted eight times this year -
50% of which appears above.

This bit of current archaeology has taken time for a bit of digging,
but I hope it beats a message from McLark:

"*** you!"

regards

Richard

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