Garland Allen's insinuation that Philippe Rushton's invocation of the Ontario (not Canadian) Libel and Slander Act, to curtail the widespread (and continuing) defamatory attacks on his professional reputation, somehow confirms the invalidity of Rushton's scientific research is preposterous. If Allen knows as little of science as he does of law, then his critique of Rushton must be considered worthless.

IAN A. HUNTER
Faculty of Law
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario

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