Well, there it is again. One of the reasons I bowed out of this thread (along with the escalation of personal insults and threats of violence if the debaters ever met face-to-face) is the way in which a couple of people in particular keep denying that they said what they have said (despite the fact that it's right there on the screen for anyone to read) and accused others of saying things that they didn't, without being able to point to the posts in which they allegedly did so.

Case in point:   Don T. accuses me of saying that he is a "terrorist sympathizer." When I asked him to point out the post in which I said this, he denies that he ever made the accusation and leaves in a huff, congratulating me for my "victory."

I was interested in a, hopefully, enlightening debate, not in "scoring points" regardless of the facts.

Frankly, as a result of a nasty streak a couple of people have revealed on this thread, along with some ingrained prejudices, I'm afraid I've lost a lot of respect for them when I had regarded them highly up until now.

Very disappointing.

Don Firth