Christ on a crutch...................I got started after a long load wait and read it through. Sorry Bagpuss, sometimes I'm a bit compulsive that way. And I don't want to offend anyone in this case, but Wolfgang has made the salient point...........All history is philosophy. To say things are factual requires collaborative effort and painstaking research and attention to detail. Though I may tend to want to agree with Brendy and others, I also share a fear alluded to in the Bagpuss post----What's next? Will Conrad feel compelled to treat us to an equal amount? Will there be yet another long debate with even more and longer (is that possible) posts?

Wouldn't it be possible to link this stuff instead of having this much here? I read Wolfgang's links simply because I was interested and anyone interested can easily click and read, then comment.

I'm not flaming you Brendy, but you have an entire website posted on this thread!!!! I hope this doesn't catch on.

Spaw