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• Friday, May 11, 2007 08:24 AM

  Prof Yee is ignorant of his subject matter.

  Though I have every respect for academic freedom, I have no respect for academics who are too lazy, incompetent or devious to bother to fact check their statements.

  The Seattle Indymedia collective developed open access blog-form communication for the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.

  Seattle Indymedia became the template for the global network of Indymedia news sites.

  I know: I served as the only physician with the Direct Action Medical Network - we were based in the convergence center that served as the base of operations for the non-violent protesters fpr the 1999 WTO protests.

  (DAMN still holds the record for treating the greatest number of mass casualties from chemical wepons in North American history.)

  The Indymedia system provdes web hosting (and moderators) for anyone who wishes to post news stories, and allows comments and discussion of each posting.

  This system was up and running in November, 1999.

  Prof Yoo appears to be unable to conduct the most basic inquiries regarding matters he chooses to discuss.

  I am familiar with academic medicine, but not with academic law. In academic medicine, Prof Yoo's inablity to verify facts would mitigate against publication of his opinions.

  Of course, in academic medicine, advocates of torture would be so morally reprehesible as to preclude their inclusion in medical faculties.

  Academic law appears to be unencumbered by such etical considerations.

  —kirk murphy Read kirk murphy's other letters
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