I am not calling anyone a nitwit, Steve. I shouldn't dream of such a thing [with one obvious exception on this thread!]. I am not confusing facts with opinions; but I am happy to replace the word 'facts' with 'statistics' if you prefer. And I have no pre-judged 'opinions' on this question, so nobody could 'happen' to 'share' or not to share what do not exist; but I suspect, as I say in the post you quote back at me, that you do ~~ i.e. that if conclusion to which the statistics lead could conceivably carry any possible connotation that anyone could possibly, even if mistakenly, interpret as in any way 'racist', it must be set at a vast distance without any further question being asked or consideration given. Do you deny holding such a view? I simply prefer to let the statistics lead me to the conclusions, rather than to deny their validity because of any entrenched presuppositions. For which reason I find your use of the derogatary adjective 'disingenuous' somewhat - uh - disingenuous.

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~M~