Reply to ``Cuts and penalties: comment on `The clustering of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and their sources' ''

Abstract

We reiterate that there is no evidence that BL Lacs are sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays.

arXiv comment2 pages (revtex4), 4 figures; response to astro-ph/0301336, to appear in Phys. Rev D

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