The last para in my most recent post should read
In this I think he was either successful (in which case he really is a racist) or, more likely, he was deliberately being provocative and "playing the racist card" (as it is regarded in Oz political manouvering) for "effect". If the latter is true, I'd have to agree with Robyn Williams' assessment of him and which I posted above. I expect better of such senior scientists.

Dropping parentheses, dropping quotation marks; one day I'll get it right.

Cheers, Rowan