Dear Andrew,
I know very little about the Phylum either, so perhaps I should not comment,
but I also belong to the mollusca list and have followed the postings from
Ken and respondents - and as a result believe that I now know a lot more
about the Phylum and issues he has raised. I do not see him as a nuisance -
far from it  - I see him as raising some very interesting issues for
discussion and think he deserves a better hearing than he has received to
date.

Too many of the replies on the mollusca list seem to me to have been emotive
rather than rational replies to interesting ideas he has raised. I would
hope, if he posts to CONCH-L, that he will be better treated.

Bruce


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Warning: crackpot may join list


> Beware of  Ken Kinman <[log in to unmask]>, who is on the Mollusca
> list and being a real pest with his crackpot ideas on molluscan
> evolution (he knows very little about the phylum but this doesn't
> stop him speculating wildly and at length).
>
> He has had an adverse responseon that list, fortunately, and is
> probably going to leave it for another list (though I posted a
> message saying that he wouldn't get the response he wants from ANY
> mollusc list).
>
> Just a heads-up in case he joins THIS list!
>