It's interesting that this post has drawn out such hostility among the locals here at Mudcat. It seems that only certain fringe opinions are respected here. GUEST (who should sign his/her posts) cited the source for this. Although he/she should not accept it as gospel, neither should respondents trash the post without responding to the source. is this an open forum for the discussion of such matters, or not? Are we so embittered by frequent flamers that we refuse to listen to more reasoned arguments? I don't happen to buy this conspiracy theory, but I'm open to its examination. Had this post come from a Mudcat regular, would it be taken more seriously?