Re: Isle of Wight "Oviraptor"

["dinotracker" <dinotracker@earthlink.net>]

    Tim Williams said, >I was especially offended by their joint literary
effort:

>Janensch, W. and von Huene, F. (1939)  "Tyrannosaurs: the Nazi
>super-predators of the Cretaceous."

    I've not read the paper, but judging by the title, it seems to me that
only tyrannosaurs should be offended.  :-)

    But if Tim has some evidence that Janensch and von Huene were comparing
tyrannosaurs to Nazis in a way intended to be complementary to the character
of tyrannosaurs, I should like to hear about the evidence, OFF LIST.

    Thanks,
    Ray Stanford

"You know my method.  It is founded upon the observance of trifles." --
Sherlock Holmes in The Boscombe Valley Mystery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: Isle of Wight "Oviraptor"



> My feelings toward von Huene  -[snip]- are coloured by one
> fact: like Janensch, he remained silent while the slaughter transpired
> 1933-1945. Even after the Holocaust, both remained silent, thereby
> rendering irrelevant their "authority" to speak for paleo(bio)ontology.


I was especially offended by their joint literary effort:

Janensch, W. and von Huene, F. (1939)  "Tyrannosaurs: the Nazi
super-predators of the Cretaceous."



Sheesh!


Tim
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