As best as I can tell the on-going dispute between Mr. Rothwell and Dr. Swartz appears to revolve around Dr. Swartz desire to prove that Jed "censors" experimental data from CF researchers, himself included. Meanwhile, from Jed's perspective, it would appear that Dr. Swartz refuses to follow a few simple steps that would let him publish Dr. Swartz's experimental data out the lenr-canr web site.
Said differently: Mr. Rothwell and Dr. Swartz do not appear to get along with each other. I don't know why there is this on-going animosity between these two individuals. I suspect additional reason(s) that remain obscured from our view, and that are none of our concern, certainly none of mine. All I know is what Dr. Swartz has previously stated: > You [Mr. Rothwell] were given copies. Multiple copies. > By disk. On paper. By mail with green card. For which Mr. Rothwell has replied: > I couldn't read them. Mr. Rothwell then went on to suggest that in order to get Dr. Swartz's data posted out at the lenr-canr web stite: > 1. You [Dr. Swartz] first upload these papers to your web site. > 2. You give me permission, here, publicly, to copy them. > 3. I will then upload them. I will do it within the hour. I'm left with two conflicting perspectives. I don't understand why Mr. Rothwell wasn't able to "read/scan" what I presume were hardcopy documents allegedly given to him by Dr. Swartz at a prior encounter. Presumably such "hardcopy" could have been scanned. Were such "hardcopy" documents so unreadable that they couldn't be easily scanned - documents presumably assembled from a professional researcher, like Dr. Swartz? OTOH, I also don't understand why Dr. Swartz has been unwilling to follow Mr. Rothwell's three simple requests that would allow him to publish Dr. Swartz's data out at the lenr-canr web site. What seems to be extremely odd from my perspective is the apparent statement by Mr. Rothwell that the experimental data Dr. Swartz compiled (the data for which allegedly had previously been given to Mr. Rothwell in various formats) does not appear to be posted out at Dr. Swartz's own web site. If this is an accurate statement, it makes no sense to me. Why would Dr. Swarts complain about his papers not being published out at lenr-canr when they aren't even available at his own web site. Is this an accurate statement I've made? Please correct me if I'm wrong! It would tend to leave an observer (like me) with the following conclusions: That (1) Dr. Swartz's experimental data does not (or may no longer) exist, in a format that would lend itself to be easily reproduced at any web site, or (2) Dr. Swartz is far more interested in proving to the world that Mr. Rothwell censors experimental CF data of other researchers, rather than getting his own CF experimental data posted out at the lenr-canr web site. I freely admit that both of my conclusions could be inaccurate, or flat out wrong. But at present that's the best that I (as a third party observer) can conclude. From a voyeuristic POV these transactional spats are fascinating to witness - the source of speculation as to what this is really all about. However, from a professional POV they seem to reveal a unique (and volatile) collection of personal politics that feed off of the seemingly boundless energy of each other's outrage. Unfortunately, if either of my previously stated conjectures are reasonably accurate it would seem to indicate that both will never be able to resolve the continuing saga we bear witness to, because both have different objectives they wish to accomplish, objectives that unfortunately have no interest in cooperating with each other's goals since at their cores they are at the other's expense. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.orionworks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks