GeorgeR - your outburst says much more about you than about those you criticize. At worst, genuinely well thought out arguments against your opinions give you an opportunity to re-examine your arguments and conclusions. In fact, they give you an opportunity to explain your arguments in terms to which your opponents (In the debating sense) can relate. Horror of horrors, some of the conservative opinions expressed on Mudcat have actually convinced me to temper my own liberalism.
Please show some respect.