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Old 05-07-2010, 09:44 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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In article , graham wrote:

Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-(

Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes
by the same mad taxonomists.

I'm not sure what the protocol is with the ICBN but in my field, one doesn't
have to accept the changes.


The same is largely true in my main one (IT standards), but the problem
is that rejecting lunacies destroys much of the main objective, just as
badly as the lunacies themselves, unless the vast majority join in the
rejection.

Damned if you do, and damned if you don't :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.