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  

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