From:    Chris Colby
To:      All                                    Msg #136, Oct-06-93 02:05PM
Subject: Forrest Mims -- here's a dime, buy a clue

Organization: animal -- coelomate -- deuterostome
From: colby@bu.bu.edu (Chris Colby)
Message-ID: <28vffp$s1q@news.bu.edu>
Followup-To: talk.origins
Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,talk.origins

Is Mr. Mims aware that freedom of the press in the US allows
editors to set _whatever_ editorial policy they chose? This
means SA had every right to fire (or not hire, or not buy articles
from) Mims because he expressed views counter to their editorial
stance. The same would happen if Gould, Dawkins or Diamond submitted
an article to an ICR publication. The only difference would be they
would likely be able to grasp this exceedingly trivial legal point and
not be such a stinkin' whiner about it. Forrest, buddy, suck it up and
go invent some more gizmos or something.

Chris Colby
email: colby@biology.bu.edu