I TRIPLE-DOG DARE YA

Here we go again. At right you see budding barrister Casey Luskin, prize attack poodle of the Disingenuous Institute, who is now rattling his sabre, threatening Les Lane, a retired virology professor, because...oh my.....what can I say...for using the same photo I just posted on my blog.

Well, it's not an oopsie, Mr. Luskin. As Tim Sandefur (another attorney, mind), points out, you have no grounds for threatening Dr. Lane with legal action. Your threat here is as empty as the threats made by the DI regarding an informational packet accompanying the Nova documentary 'Judgement Day', as vacant as the notion that law professors can put 'Darwin On Trial' and pretty much the sort of vexatious litigation for which Larry Caldwell has become notorious.

In case you missed the point of this post, Mr. Luskin, let me make it clear for you. You and your fellow gang of DI lawyers are a bunch of empty suits. You have nothing that will stand up either in a court of law or in the scientific community, so you endlessly grandstand to the general public, counting on the fact that most laypeople don't know enough about the law or the practice of science to see through your smokescreens.

So, as with Dr. Lane, I'm using the photo above without your permission. And I'm going to continue to use it, unlike Dr. Lane, who graciously removed said photo at your request. I don't care if you don't like it, because, laughable as it seems to me, you're a public figure on this issue, and the public has a right to connect a face to a position that they may find odious. You are free to disagree, and threaten me with legal action, if you like. But you won't , because as Dover proved, you guys don't have the stomach for a real fight.