note BrowserUk <blockquote><i>and that you were completely full of shit.</i></blockquote> <p>And to think that you were mortally offended, and vigorously defended, for the suggestion that something you said was [488563|"just academic hot air"]. <p>Hmm. Thoughts of geese and ganders. <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.</div> <div>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6202877.stm|"Too many &#91;&#93; have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."]</div> </font> </div></div> 504121 609995