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This bears to be repeated.  Again, I don't ask that you respect the man at all.  Please respect your fellow forumites.  Your point of view has been defended many times in recent history, David, I can't understand why you would wish that others' voices be silenced.

Stating a contrary view should not be conflated with wishing to silence others.  Perhaps David added a bit of balance.  He certainly based his concern on facts.

"The word is not the thing, the map is not the territory, the symbol is not the thing symbolized"  S. I. Hayakawa

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