Pubdate: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 Source: Vancouver Courier (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Vancouver Courier Contact: http://www.vancourier.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/474 Author: Karin Litzcke Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n729/a11.html?1147 LETTERS OF THE WEEK To the editor: Re: "Kerr firewall stonewalls Insite critic," July 22. What an interesting contrast between the Courier's Wednesday interview with Thomas Kerr about Insite, and the weekend cover story about the traffic circle garden destroyed by city crews. Gardening is ruthlessly suppressed when it gets in the way of other people's work, but parasitic drug use, which is getting in the way of other people's work in a much bigger way, is condoned in the name of science. Apparently at the top of the heap is Thomas Kerr. If you get in the way of his work, you'll get a letter from his lawyer. Whether he is clear on the concept of science or not, it is pretty apparent that Kerr is not clear on the concept of the public interest. Note to Thomas Kerr: good science does not fear public scrutiny... unless you're saying that your peer reviewers were guilty of scientific misconduct. Karin Litzcke Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr