A problem with the "Eddowes Shawl" DNA match

[RockySullivan]

I'm pretty sure atleast someone predicted the questions would be censored when they first announced RE and his mad scientist pal were the guest speaker. A no brainer I guess.

[mickreed]

That was intended to be a joke, but I see that Howard Brown has now posted a message from Ricky Cobb including the following:

After the talks we met up with several delegates who informed us of the blatant censorship and shambolic conduct of the Q&A including the conference MC who informed us that 5 mins prior he was informed by Edwards that DNA questions would not be answered.
The MC also informed us the two body guards sitting with Edwards were quite intimidating and he feared if he had pushed the questions he might have been under threat.
http://www.jtrforums.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=128

Gordon Bennett!!!

[Chris]

Perhaps with "Daz the Bull" there to enforce the request, they really felt they had no choice.

That was intended to be a joke, but I see that Howard Brown has now posted a message from Ricky Cobb including the following:

After the talks we met up with several delegates who informed us of the blatant censorship and shambolic conduct of the Q&A including the conference MC who informed us that 5 mins prior he was informed by Edwards that DNA questions would not be answered.
The MC also informed us the two body guards sitting with Edwards were quite intimidating and he feared if he had pushed the questions he might have been under threat.

http://www.jtrforums.com/showpost.php?p=251445&postcount=128

[PaulB]

Now now Paul. you are not cut out to be a comedian, although at times your lines of thinking and your lack of logical reasoning are at times laughable

You are right. I'll leave the comedy to you. For some reason I just can't seem to make a fool of myself. And I suppose it must seem to you that I have strange lines of thought and an absence of logical reasoning. Those things which are unfamiliar to oneself, like thinking and logical reasoning, so often seem strange. It's the way of the world, I suppose.

Still, nobody threatened to throw eggs at you. And your books haven't met with the same degree of hostility. The worst you could expect was to be treated as a joke, which isn't really all that bad, but in fact all the delegates treated you very well indeed, as I would expect.

[mickreed]

Struggling to be serious about this Whitechapel Farce for a moment, the one thing that does emerge clearly is that whatever the truth behind all the various excuses that have been made (pressure of work, unprofessional behaviour by critics, DNA privacy, work still in progress, "legal reasons") Dr Louhelainen is simply not going to address the issue of the error that he has made.

Hey all,

I've been out of circulation for a while, and come back to find, if I read it correctly, that the WS meeting at Salisbury, provided no answers. Now that's a surprise!

It seems clear to me that Chris is right. Nothing will come from these blokes regarding this matter. RE seems unable to string any sort of argument together. He now claims that the 314.1c/315.1C thing was unimportant, when in fact it was the only thing that had any legs at all - or so it seemed for a few days.

Respect for RE must surely be non-existant, as an author I mean.

JL is fast losing any chance of respect. He seems quite unable, at least publicly, to admit to anything, or even discuss it.

What a couple of pillocks! They make Cornwell look good.

[Chris]

Struggling to be serious about this Whitechapel Farce for a moment, the one thing that does emerge clearly is that whatever the truth behind all the various excuses that have been made (pressure of work, unprofessional behaviour by critics, DNA privacy, work still in progress, "legal reasons") Dr Louhelainen is simply not going to address the issue of the error that he has made.

[Trevor Marriott]

Not really. You are talking about Trevor. The only egg he expected to see was on his breakfast plate and otherwise the worst he could expect was hilarity.

Now now Paul. you are not cut out to be a comedian, although at times your lines of thinking and your lack of logical reasoning are at times laughable

[PaulB]

You mean Trevor Marriott spoke at a conference, by himself, without body guards, and took any question that anyone wanted to ask, and never once suggested that a single one of the paid conference attendees who disagreed with him be told to leave the venue?

Astounding.

JM

Not really. You are talking about Trevor. The only egg he expected to see was on his breakfast plate and otherwise the worst he could expect was hilarity.

[jmenges]

You mean Trevor Marriott spoke at a conference, by himself, without body guards, and took any question that anyone wanted to ask, and never once suggested that a single one of the paid conference attendees who disagreed with him be told to leave the venue?

Astounding.

JM

[Colin Roberts]

So having organized a conference at which Trevor Marriott was a featured speaker, Mr. Cobb was inclined to "misbehave" at someone else's gathering?

[Cogidubnus]

Hi Colin

I agree, and confirm I have no personal animus towards anybody...but I do believe that collectively they've been incredibly naive...

All the best

Dave

[Bridewell]

That's a pretty gracious reply, Dave.

[Cogidubnus]

To be totally fair, in response to my email to the Whitechapel Society, I have received the following from Sue Parry:

Clearly your email both saddens and upsets me.
I am not totally sure what you are referring to, though I think I can guess and I would say to you that I do not think you have been informed accurately.
I would be happy to expand on the events to which I think you refer, but in the meantime I will remove your name from our list of subscribers.
Please come back to me if you would like to discuss the matter further.

All the best

Dave

[Bridewell]

No the shawl in Edwards theory of the crime

Apologies, Rocky. I mistook your meaning.

[Robert]

Thanks Ally and Trevor for that.