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| Thread ID: 107834 | 2010-03-03 08:06:00 | Censorship in NZ. | martynz (5445) | PC World Chat |
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| 863615 | 2010-03-03 08:06:00 | According to this article www.stuff.co.nz "On his website, Pellegrino claimed he had had to combat New Zealand censors to see his work in print, including his early works Darwin's Universe: Origins and Crises in the History of Life and Time Gate: Hurtling Backward through History. "During a period in which 'evolution' became a bad word [in New Zealand] punishable by revocation of credentials and confiscation of property [the 1980's], I refused an order from a department chairman to withdraw my books Darwin's Universe and Time Gate from press," he told a contemporary writers' website He claimed to have had to defend himself before an "ad hoc" tribunal in New Zealand, where he "earned his doctorate". He claimed that by 1997, the New Zealand tribunal had dissolved and "ad hoc committee defendants" had their credentials officially reinstated." I think he must have been living in a parallel universe created by Ian Wishart and Brian Takethemoney. Martynz |
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| 863616 | 2010-03-03 08:12:00 | I saw that in todays DomPost, what a load of boloney, the man must have taken leave of his senses, but that is how urban myths and legends get propogated via the internet. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 863617 | 2010-03-03 08:17:00 | Did it help sell the books? If so, it is tax deductible horse feathers. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863618 | 2010-03-03 20:29:00 | Of course it helped sell the books! It's the old Hollywood saying: "Any publicity is good publicity," in action. | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 863619 | 2010-03-03 22:52:00 | perhas he should offer a live goldfish in a shot glass with each copy of the book. | Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
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