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Your link leads to equivocation over the term 'species' Since Bex's quote was about Mendel's use of the term "species," and as this is a thorough discussion of what was meant by the term as Mendel used it, it's very relevant. I see no one's commented on the fact that Mendel didn't know about genetic mutation, which really makes the issue pointless to pursue anyway. Mendel employed the term in the quote. The quote itself was not about defining the term. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), Father of Genetics. "Species do not transform one into the other. They show stability from generation to generation, and my experiments demonstrate that fact. Isn’t anyone listening?" Neither you, nor your source have demonstrated that this quote is out-of-context. Indeed, plugging in alternative meanings for 'species' is contrary to the full context of the quote. Who was going about insisting that the transformation merely of varieties took place, turning deaf ear to Mendel and a blind eye to his evidence? Nobody that I know about. But let me repeat this just one more time: being subject to misinterpretation is not the same thing as being out-of-context. That's the false accusation I was talking about, and it remains utterly false no matter how 'species' is defined.
I think you need to back up your accusation of "equivocation" with some evidence or else I'll accuse you of slander and you'll have to give yourself a warning. As you will also have to do with "bogus posting", i.e. post 48372 above which adds nothing to the discussion at hand.
Did you not bother to read the content before posting the link? That's all the evidence anyone needs. "We say 'species' means this; we say Mendel meant that." Your link is all the evidence one needs, if they know the meaning of the term 'equivocation'. If they don't, perhaps a dictionary would be required.
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