It is a sad indication of whatever state of intellectualism or idealism this board represents (conservative materialism? pseudo-intellectual Zionism?) that a man with such character and accomplishments here becomes a source of (undeserved) schadenfreude for having his own principles. For many of you, the fact that he questions an assertion that many of you either only partially understand or accept at face value from second- or third-hand sources (as anyone must in this age of specialization) makes him somehow worthy of your scorn.