BTW I know what you mean about medians and averages. I studied statistics as part of my Business Studies course many years ago. The only thing I can say is that if you lay all the statisticians in the world end to end they still wouldn't reach a sensible conclusion. Applying mathematical principles to human nature just doesn't make sense. If, as you say, the extremes produce the average then we can in all honesty prove that the average Moslem is a terrorist, the average Black is a rapist, the average Jew is greedy and the average Irishman is indeed as dense as the proverbial peat bog.

Sorry, but the exteme case should never be taken into account when dealing with something as complex as the human being.

Cheers

DtG