"UC Berkley is as good as any university in the world. There are degree mills in the U.S.A. But Berkley is not one of them."

I made no comment on the merit or otherwise of U.C. Berkeley, or on the various ladies whose names were mentioned.

My post was in response to the comment I quoted (just so that anybody capable of reading would know what I was talking about), which you apparently didn't notice.

My point was that, with certain notable exceptions, foreign qualifications are often suspect and occasionally bogus.

It is quite often the case that people with high sounding letters after their names will pontificate upon subjects outwith their field, and outwith their knowledge.

One doesn't have to be a "little Englander" to require more than letters after a name, before giving credence to apparently "expert" utterances.