X-Message-Number: 10806 Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:35:35 -0800 From: Keith Rene Dugue <> Subject: The danger of Misinformation Thomas Nord, So you have discovered that Lott is paid by the "Gun Lobby". You are very cleaver. Perhaps you would like to inform Prof. Lott and the University of Chicago of This. And while your at it why don't you also inform the Olin Foundation (http://www.jmof.org/). I am sure they will be very surprised to find out that they are part of the "Gun Lobby". You see, they have never had anything whatsoever to do with firearms. William Simon, the Olin Foundation's president and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury wrote a letter that appeared in the Wall Street Journal in which he said "This is an outrageous slander against our foundation, the Olin Corp., and the Scholarly integrity of Prof. Lott? We do not tell scholars what to write or what to say. ? As a general rule, criticisms of research studies should be based on factual grounds rather than on careless and irresponsible charges about the motives of the researcher. Mr. Lott's study should be evaluated on it's own merits without imputing motives to him that do not exist" You have been duped by the irrational anti-bill of rights fanatics and you swallowed the bait hook ,line and sinker. They have very effectively used you to spread their lies and misinformation. Congratulation! Don't get me wrong, the internet is a great system; however, it is not a substitute for research. When I said "Were they really all that you could find?" I did not say "on the internet". Let's hope Cryonics research is not met with the same degree of irrationality and hostility. You appear to be very unfamiliar with American firearm's history, law and culture. I will say again, when you have finally read More Guns, Less Crime you will find yourself wasting less of our time. By the way your latest list of web sites is nothing more than a list of organizations that are against US constitutional rights in the same irrational manner as those who have attacked Lott. Sincerely Keith R. Dugue Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10806