date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:15:04 -0400
from: "Raymond S. Bradley" <rbradley@geo.umass.edu>
subject: excuse me while I ....
to: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk

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>VOMIT!!


>Dear Ed, Tom, Keith, etc.
>
>In keeping w/ the spirit of Tom's and Keith's emails, I wanted to stress, 
>before we all break for the weekend, that this is ultimately about the 
>science, its not personal. If my comments seemed to assail e.g. Keith's 
>motives or integrity, etc. I believe that they were misunderstood (as  I 
>tried to clarify that in my previous message), but I can see that there 
>was a potential for misunderstanding of my message (precision in wording 
>is very important) given the high levels of sensitivity in this debate. So 
>I wanted to leave no uncertainty about that. And of course, I very much 
>apologize to Keith (and Tim) if they took them my comments that way. They, 
>again, were most decidedly not intended that way.
>
>I hope we can resolve the scientific issues objectively, and w/out 
>injecting or any personal feelings into any of this. There are some 
>substantial scientific differences here, lets let them play out the way 
>they are supposed to, objectively, and in the peer reviewed literature.
>
>Enjoy the weekend all.
>
>cheers,
>
>Mike

Raymond S. Bradley
Distinguished Professor and Head of Department
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-5820

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