I would have responded to this sooner but I have been away on business in New Orleans for the past week. I didn't post this to Britdisc and I certainly don't own an account called "[EMAIL PROTECTED]," however appropriate this may seem to some of my closer aquaintances. I wrote this piece mainly for my own amusment and then forwarded it to a couple of friends who'd also been following the drugs debate. One of them saw fit to post it to Britdisc in my name. It was never my intention to contribute to the drugs debate in this way and I'm certainly not egotistical enough to believe that everyone on Britdisc would find this amusing. The article itself was a purely frivolous commentary, which was aimed more at the way in which the debate was conducted rather than the BUF/Britdisc establishment. I had no desire to lower the tone of this serious debate. If it appeared otherwise, please attribute this to my literary clumsiness rather than any malicious intent. However, as someone who works for a dot.com, I should be old enough and ugly enough to know that once you forward something electronically, although you may loose control of it, you still have to take responsibility for its content. I regret that this has happened, and naturally, I take full responsibility for any offence this article has caused. I would like to extend my profound apologies to all concerned. Sarah Sarah Gibbons ChemWeb.com http://www.chemweb.com Mediapack: http://www.chemweb.com/mediapack tel: +44 20 7611 4416 fax: +44 20 7611 4301 Meet us at: Pittcon 2001 - New Orleans - March 5-8 - booth 7406 and the ACS Spring Meeting - San Diego - April 2-4 - booth 939
