Re: Map thief Gilbert Bland

[pdh@ras.org.uk]

In my opinion he should have got  20  years  hard  labour and  then   been  
banned from  all seats of learning,  libraries , publishing  in any 
journals ,  or  relevant societies for life.   Those who talk their 
way into our confidence and then betray our trust are lower than the 
dirt . I've had some , though not in my present post.  Those who take 
drugs in sport are quite rightly  banned for life ;  surely those who 
offend so grossly in the infinitely more important  sphere  of 
learning should be treated with  equivalent severity. 

                                         P D Hingley  
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P D Hingley, Librarian, Royal Astronomical  Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,  London  W1V  0NL England
Tel  0171  734  4582 /3307 FAX  0171  494  0166 
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