[vsnet-chat 4253] clarification

[bish@astro.umn.edu]

Its local time is 4am. I really ought to be going to bed, but...

>   I understand Ishibashi's standpoint (and Stan's as well), but I think we
>"VSNETers" (at least as one of its administrators) should not introduce
>a "bad custom" of the professional community.  The first person who


Ugh, it sounds like I was *encouraging* the VSNET community to practice
the *bad* custom of the professional community, or whatever Dr. Kato implied 
by that statement. 

But that's definitely NOT what I meant in my letter. THE KEY POINT OF
MY LETTER was that the vsnet-chat forum should be a place to discuss/resolve
any outstanding problem, conflict of interest, etc. I think John reckoned
my point (I am not sure if Stan did, however), and there went John's reply to 
my letter, addressing that his "whistle-blowing" was a part of resolution
to single out an individual who has been accused of falsifying some, if not 
all, observations. 


It's not for me to comment whether this accusation is correct. And John, 
I do not know how to respond to that serious accusation [but it goes 
without saying that I do care about the issue]. But the problem you have 
raised here is more important (to me, say the least) than the actual 
case: how do we really authenticate visual observations?  


I honestly hope that from here on this thread moves toward discussing
on that question rather than singling out a particular case. That was 
a part of the whole message that I wanted to convey with my first letter, 
i.e., let a discussion be more fruitful, rather than singling out one 
bad apple (allegedly) out of many (????). 


Now I said all I had to say. I am just going to shut up my big mouth 
and listen what the rest of you would have to say. 


Bish Ishibashi


PS. John, try not to write so eloquently. :-) Many of us weren't raised
    to read English as a native language...you've really made me look up 
    Webster dictionary so often!!

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