re: #5 CuriousLurker

I’m curious: Is it your contention that as long as someone is correct in a given debate, then his or her bibliography is irrelevant? A simple “yes” or “no” is fine as I’m not going to argue the point, I just want to know for future reference.

Sometimes “Yes” or “No” can’t cut it. My favorite example of a “Yes” answer that is is ridiculously extreme (probably why I like it), is: “If Hitler says, “2 + 2 = 4”, we can’t automatically discount that just because it’s Hitler.” I didn’t bother to read the link you posted; I will take your word that it’s offensive/wrong (Bob Levin’s post proved that, anyway, at the very least for parts of it). So, my take on this lecture is that even if he’s coming from a bad place, that he’s got a nasty ulterior motive in saying what he does, if what he says is factual, you still can’t argue with it, but just caution people as to where he (probably?) wants us all to go with it.