[Ligeia]

Link for the Poll

I voted the book should be pulled from the shelves. What does it tell us about this group other than academic integrity is so low down on the list of objectives that my vote is outnumbered 87% to 13%.

[Wonder Warthog]

"For those who might have an opinion on whether Knopf should continue to publish Michael Bellesiles' fradulent book, "Arming America," the History News Network is having an UNSCIENTIFIC online poll."

Sure, they should continue to publish it, but ONLY after adding an appendix outlining the findings by the commission at Emory University that, in essence, censured Bellesiles for fraudulent reseach.

[Dick Bachert]

No surprises here, guys. Knopf has a history of stupidity (see below):

Clintoon's book will be published by Alfred Knopf Publishing.

“Knopf” is 13th Century German for “ incredibly stupid buyer of other peoples’ garbage.” Knopf is a very old publishing house best known for such early classics as

“How to Enjoy The Inquisition” by Father Torquemada
“You Get My Point?” by Vlad the Impaler
“Guillotine Maintenance and Repair” by Citizen Robespierre

Three of their more recent offerings are “PeeWee Herman’s Movie Guide,” “Gary Condit’s Guide to Picking Up Chicks” and “Compared to Us, Ponzi Was a Freakin’ Choirboy” co-authored by Gary Winnick, Ken Lay and Terry McAuliffe.

All available in a dumpster or landfill near you!

[facedown]

yes:		47% (1678 votes)
no:		53% (1928 votes)

Total number of votes: 3606

[SteveH]

At 50/50 now (1933 yes, 1929 no).


See also here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/810427/posts

for the Jerome Shernstein article.

[Sparta]

yes: 63% (3300 votes)
no: 37% (1930 votes

HEHHEHEH!!!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Keep the book on the shelves and reclassify it as fiction.

[supercat]

IMHO, the book should continue to be published just as should Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto, and it should be viewed in the same light as they should be: as illustrations of the dangerous power of unchecked lives. I'd redo the cover, and if possible add an appendix, but otherwise let the content speak for itself.

[SteveH]

Here is the Amazon link (now full of negative reviews):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375701982/qid=1040503797/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2029937-4837608?v=glance&s=books

[SteveH]

yes: 73% (5258 votes)
no: 27% (1933 votes)

[Copernicus]

An annotated version of this book should be published with page-by-page footnotes of the flagrant lies, sloppy assertions and miserable propaganda that infest every chapter.

Every schoolchild in America should learn why credentials are not equal to authority, honesty,or even excellence.

Best regards,

[Copernicus]

Let me revise and extend my remarks:

I think there should be an annual Bellesiles award given to the worst junk science piece of propaganda published in any given year. With any luck, the recipient's career will end immediately upon receipt of the award.

Let's make Bellesiles a poster child for everything that is wrong with the contemporary Soviet Socialist Intellectual Elite that have corrupted and destroyed honest, necessary debate in almost every public arena.

Best regards