Clearly we have two orthodoxies here battling with each other over who is right...and both can provide plently of links to authoritative sources to back up what they say.

Nothing terribly unusual about that. ;-)

We won't know for sure, guys, until we get there. When the Fat Lady Polar Bear sings, in other words. Like I said, check back with me in 5 or 10 years on this if we're both still here to talk about it, and then we can see who won.