whoops, ouch, hot! Sorry I did not mean to offend anyone, wasn't trying to be sarcastic, but I obviously did not express my self clearly. Let me try again.

First, I did not explicitly or implicitly call anyone a liar. Not even sure where that one comes from.

Second, I agree with you all that short of saying what you them to when you want them to there is nothing that the scientists can say or do that appears useful to you. I would be frustrated if not angry also. Science appears to you as an unfriendly, confusing, stupid, to even hostile process. Given how you have been treated by the scientific process no reason for you to feel otherwise. I am sure not suggesting so. In fact I understand why you feel the way you do.

Third, given that for a number of reasons scientists can't do what you want to when you want them to I don't blame them for wanting to release everything through peer reviewed or other appropriate outlets and for at least some of them for wanting to stop seeing the results of their work published in the media and online. I understand why they are acting they way they are.

Hence the I understand title to this post.

Final comment, I hope everyone has learned to take what you read and see in the media with a grain of salt. Clearly misinformation abounds. For example, the USARK statement that anecdotally (according to stories) no pythons were found since 15 March was true because all of the stories in the media were wrong.

This also means that just because you haven't seen scientists fighting this in the media yet doesn't mean they aren't doing so.

I see a wide variety of opinions posted here and I bet the scientists involved in working on pythons also have a variety of opinions. I would not paint them all with the same brush. (Not telling anyone else what to do).

But I would not trust any of them till they prove to you otherwise.

I see both "sides" (if sides really exist) as having reasons for doing what they are doing. I am not saying that anyone is wrong and boy I am sure not telling anyone else what to do or how to think. I have enough trouble being responsible for myself.

Fair enough?

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